Combining the romance of a candle with the utility of a flashlight, Wick is a lovely portable table light created by Graypants, a design firm straddling oceans with studios in both Seattle and Amsterdam.

The skill of Wick’s design is seen in how elegantly it makes the new-tech-in-antiquated-clothes leap without enkindling (haha) any impostor-averse gimmick cynicism in the brain. As a design piece that provides honest, useful function, it’s quite a successful leap, in my opinion. No sharks jumped. Wick maintains a classy, unobtrusive appearance—landing square on the sweet Schrödinger spot, where it isn’t a statement piece until you look—that allows for all the ambiance and mood yielded by candlelight, without the worry of any Miss Havisham mishaps.

Wick has three steady brightness levels—adjusted by touch controls at the neck—and a pulse mode, which creates a soft candle-like flicker. The lithium battery is rechargeable via the discreet USB-C port below the handle, and is said to last up to 115 hours (in pulse mode) on one charge.

With a body of plated aluminum and an acrylic enclosure for the 1W LED light source, Wick is offered in the original Brass seen above, as well as a Graphite model.

American illustrator, Jenna Barton, in her words, likes to draw strange animals and places. Her shop has a wide collection of her beasts, prowling all realms liminal, available as prints and apparel.

Barton has a Tumblr worth following as well.