Christopher Boots

Christopher Boots Material and metaphysical exploration since 11-11-11. The Christopher Boots studio was founded on the principle of “Fiat Lux”: Let there be Light.

Established 11-11-11 through metaphysical and material exploration of quartz crystal, the studio gave birth to creating lighting with a signature aesthetic: exploring relationships between nature, architecture, symbology, geometry and geology, offering contemporary interpretations of structure, symmetry and pattern. All works are handmade with love and care by a diverse team of skilled artisans. C

ollaborations with glass blowers, bronze foundries, sculptors, metal smiths and stone masons ensure a commitment to quality, underscoring an investigative sensibility, giving birth to a series of illuminating collections both alluring and unexpectedly visceral. The studio designs, prototypes and builds in Melbourne, Australia, honouring traditional elements of form, proportion and scale, marrying traditional and cutting edge materials with various techniques, creating future collectibles designed for transforming architecture. The work of the studio has been displayed at Hermès, Rossana Orlandi, National Gallery of Victoria, Parliament House, Cassina, amongst countless private collections in New York, Dubai, Tokyo, Moscow and Paris. Collaborating with architects, interior designers and private clients fuels the dialogue between worlds we all transverse.

FIELD OF VIEWFor two weeks in May, ASTROLABE transformed the Christopher Boots studio into an immersive retrospective sp...
26/06/2026

FIELD OF VIEW

For two weeks in May, ASTROLABE transformed the Christopher Boots studio into an immersive retrospective spanning fifteen years of work, process and experimentation.

For Melbourne Design Week, the workspace became a living archive: prototypes, casting experiments, material studies, moving image, printed media and completed pieces gathered within the place they were created.

A rare moment where objects, process and history could be experienced together.

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Photographer: Guy Lavoipierre

SOLSTICEThe old form must dissolve before it can be reborn anew.Light must reach its weakest point before it can strengt...
21/06/2026

SOLSTICE

The old form must dissolve before it can be reborn anew.
Light must reach its weakest point before it can strengthen again.

Here in the Southern Hemisphere, tonight is the longest night of the year. From here, the Sun only grows stronger.
Darkness is the stage before light's return.

Meanwhile, the Northern Hemisphere basks in its longest day; its own seasonal apex, before the gradual shift back toward dark.

Two hemispheres, opposite ends of the same cycle of dissolution and return.

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Image: Rosarium Philosophorum, Czech translation by Jaroš Griemiller, Prague, c. 1578

BY HANDThe work begins long before a piece reaches a Cartier boutique. It begins with raw materials; crystal in its unpr...
19/06/2026

BY HAND

The work begins long before a piece reaches a Cartier boutique. It begins with raw materials; crystal in its unprocessed, irregular state. The stone's natural variation resists automation and efficiency, requiring the meticulous eye and hand of a skilled artisan to bring it to life.

This handcraft underpins our working relationship with Cartier, which now spans ten boutiques across the globe. For a maison defined by precision and material truth, choosing a relatively small Melbourne studio says something about what they value: craft and enduring form, always.

Cartier's Winter Masterpieces exhibition, on now at the National Gallery of Victoria, is a study in timelessness and the enduring cultural value of heirloom objects. Across jewellery, objects and architecture alike, there is a shared belief that craftsmanship still matters; that the things made slowly and carefully are often the things whose value remains.



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Image 1: Final polish on custom Cartier STALACTITE rods
Image 2: Material selection for PETRA
Image 3: Fastening quartz slices on PETRA
Image 4: Crystal composition on STALACTITE
Image 5: Crystal points prepared for assembly
Image 6: Crystal composition on PROMETHEUS
Image 7: Fastening custom Cartier STALACTITE rods
Image 8: Fastening quartz slices on PETRA

Photography: Guy Lavoipierre and Matthew McQuiggan

ABACUS by Christopher BootsInspired by the ancient tool of balance and calculation, ABACUS is a sculptural study in prop...
17/05/2026

ABACUS by Christopher Boots

Inspired by the ancient tool of balance and calculation, ABACUS is a sculptural study in proportion, material, and light. Faceted quartz is suspended along a refined horizontal beam, creating a composition of rhythm, tension, and harmony.

As light diffuses through the stone, the piece transforms the atmosphere around it — bringing warmth, depth, and quiet architectural presence to the space.

Each piece is assembled by hand at the studio in Melbourne, Australia, with configurations tailored to the scale and intent of each project.

Now on view at YDF Interiors.

For designers, architects, and collectors looking to introduce statement pieces with true artistic presence into their projects — our team is ready to assist with specification, sourcing, and integration.

OPENING TOMORROWTomorrow, ASTROLABE is unveiled at the Christopher Boots studio for Melbourne Design Week.Completed work...
13/05/2026

OPENING TOMORROW

Tomorrow, ASTROLABE is unveiled at the Christopher Boots studio for Melbourne Design Week.

Completed works, early prototypes, image-making and material explorations from across fifteen years are brought into focused view.

May 14–23
Weekdays 2–6pm, Saturdays 12–5pm
Opening night event May 21
324–328 Napier Street, Fitzroy

Explore ASTROLABE here: https://bit.ly/astrolabe_mdw26fb

National Gallery of Victoria, Creative Victoria


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Photographer: Matthew McQuiggan
Artwork: John Tsiavis

DRAWN INA vessel that lures.The NEPENTHES purse, derived from its carnivorous namesake plant. Beautiful, patient, envelo...
04/05/2026

DRAWN IN

A vessel that lures.

The NEPENTHES purse, derived from its carnivorous namesake plant. Beautiful, patient, enveloping.

One of many relationships brought into view at ASTROLABE during Melbourne Design Week.

May 14–23
Opening night event May 21

Explore the exhibition here:
https://bit.ly/astrolabe_mdw26fb

National Gallery of Victoria

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Photographer: Matthew McQuiggan

IN LONDONChristopher Boots is featured at YDF Interiors, a contemporary interiors destination spanning 20,000 square fee...
28/04/2026

IN LONDON

Christopher Boots is featured at YDF Interiors, a contemporary interiors destination spanning 20,000 square feet in the heart of Knightsbridge, directly opposite Harrods.

Selected pieces are on view throughout the showroom, with access to the full collection and custom commissions through YDF’s expert team.

If you’re in London, visit YDF to experience the work in person.

Explore the London showroom page here:
https://christopherboots.com/news/ydf-interiors/

MILAN: A LIVING ARCHIVEAs this year’s Milan Design Week draws to a close, we’re reflecting on five Christopher Boots pre...
27/04/2026

MILAN: A LIVING ARCHIVE

As this year’s Milan Design Week draws to a close, we’re reflecting on five Christopher Boots presentations across the fair between 2017 and 2024.

From group exhibitions and international recognition, to TROVE with Lost Profile Studio and our first solo showcase, CRUX, Milan has been an important part of the studio’s international story.

These chapters continue to inform our evolving practice and dialogue with the wider design world.

Explore the archive via the link in bio.

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Image 1: Local Milan No. 3 — 2018
Image 2: Moments from Milan
Image 3: TROVE — 2019
Image 4: Moments from Milan
Image 5: Local Milan — 2017
Image 6: TROVE — 2019
Image 7: TROVE 2.0 — 2022
Image 8: TROVE 2.0 — 2022
Image 9: CRUX — 2024
Image 10: CRUX — 2024

SMOKY QUARTZSmoky quartz begins as clear quartz. Its colour emerges later, through natural irradiation from surrounding ...
08/04/2026

SMOKY QUARTZ

Smoky quartz begins as clear quartz. Its colour emerges later, through natural irradiation from surrounding rock interacting with trace elements within the crystal. Over millennia, clarity deepens into smoke, ranging from pale, tea-like tones to near-black translucency.

Despite its depth, smoky quartz retains the internal order of quartz. Light still moves through it, slowed, softened, tempered, but not obscured.

In our work, it holds light with greater density, creating a presence distinct from clear quartz. It also enables a gradient from clear to smoke, carefully composed stone by stone.

Smoky quartz is shaped by exposure, time, pressure, and proximity to the earth around it. No two pieces are the same. This natural irregularity is a quality to be sought out. When handled with care, it gives each work its own atmosphere and identity.

Smoky quartz and gradient compositions are available across a number of Christopher Boots works. Get in touch to discuss your project.

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Image 1: PROMETHEUS II pendant at Frederikshøj restaurant, Denmark
Image 2: PETRA slice detail, private residence by Simone Haag, Melbourne
Image 3: PETRA slice arrangement
Image 4: PROMETHEUS I, final inspection prior to shipping
Image 5: GOLIATH, gradient crystal detail
Image 6: GOLIATH, gradient crystal composition in progress
Image 7: PETRA commission by Kate Challis, photography by Sharyn Cairns

FORM, FOUNDKarl Blossfeldt believed that the fundamental forms of art and architecture already exist in nature; our task...
03/04/2026

FORM, FOUND

Karl Blossfeldt believed that the fundamental forms of art and architecture already exist in nature; our task is simply to recognise their logic.
In 1928, he published a collection of plant studies that allowed his students to do just that.

Through extreme magnification, stems and buds revealed columns, spirals, joints, and lattices almost indistinguishable from designed objects. Structures once attributed to human invention, now recognised as something older. Discovered, not designed.

Certain forms resonate with us on a level more felt than understood;
often because they belong to an order larger than ourselves.

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Images: Karl Blossfeldt, from Urformen der Kunst (1928)

ENDURING FORMOur most valued possessions are rarely the newest. They are the ones whose meaning has gathered slowly acro...
28/03/2026

ENDURING FORM

Our most valued possessions are rarely the newest. They are the ones whose meaning has gathered slowly across time.

Our long-standing client had lived with their Christopher Boots pieces for over a decade before reimagining their Melbourne home. Despite a substantial transformation of the space, they insisted their pieces remain part of the home’s next evolution.

PROMETHEUS I, PHASMIDA and ORP now inhabit the refurbished home with renewed life. Their meaning deepened through change.

Every Christopher Boots piece is conceived as a future heirloom. Intended to be retained, not replaced.

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Interior Design: Flack Studio
Project: Domain
Photography: Anson Smart
Lighting: PROMETHEUS I, PHASMIDA and ORP

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324-328 Napier Street
Melbourne, VIC
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