About
Clay Mohrman is a multidisciplinary lighting-based artist and designer whose work intersects light, nature, and emotion, creating transformative pieces that connect people to their surroundings, interior spaces and communities.
Founded in 2017 by Clay Mohrman, Clay Mohr Lighting is a sculptural lighting design firm that specializes in combining wood and LED technology.
Connecting interior spaces with nature has always been an important theme in Clay's work, collaborating with people to enhance the ambient lighting in their home and the places they inhabit. He believes that lighting is not only important but essential to enjoy our interior spaces and interact with our environment. Interior spaces act as a refuge from nature and its elements, yet many design elements and products, such as lighting, emulate natural phenomenon. Through his work with lighting and wood, Clay aims to form a bridge between nature and our interiors.
KEEP IT LIGht
In 2024, Clay Mohrman and Rory Shamlian collaborated to create Keep it Light, a sculptural lighting design studio that blends creativity, playfulness, and upcycling ingenuity. They launched their hit series "Will it Lamp?", an experiment in turning unexpected thrifted objects into unique light fixtures.
What started as a casual video documenting their transformation of an iridescent glass bowl into a wall light quickly went viral. Within just four months, their playful process—spotting an object, imagining its potential as a lamp, and bringing it to life—gained them 150,000 Instagram followers and over 50,000 on TikTok.
Their unique approach has also led to collaborations with brands like Rollo Printers, Bag Balm, and Tulip Lamp Shades, further expanding their reach in the design world.
Vermont
Clay Mohr Lighting sources all wooden materials in Vermont from the woods and shores surrounding Lake Champlain. The pieces use lighting to connect interior spaces with nature through the combination of lighting and wood while drawing upon our intrinsic and complex emotional connection with nature
Each line of lighting is named after a peak in the state of Vermont.