Wall grazing lighting accentuates textured vertical surfaces by exaggerating their shadows.
Wall grazing lighting.
It is used to emphasize the materiality structure and surface properties of walls and facades.
Application type wall grazing grazing light is directional light in an acute angle.
By moving the lights closer or farther away from the wall we can adjust the angle of light to make the shadowing more or less pronounced.
With wall grazers your textured walls stone brick wood etc will be featured beautifully and add solid design to your interior space as well as bring attention to any featured walls on the exterior of your home.
As i dove into lighting research i found that wall grazing is a technique where lights are positioned closely to a wall either from the floor or ceiling to force the beam of light to hit the wall at a narrow angle.
Illuminating a wall can be done in one of two ways.
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Wallwashing or wall grazing.
Grazing is similar to wall washing in practice but the lights are located closer to the wall.
The lights are on the smaller side and you can place them as up or downlights each resulting in a different look and feel.
This angle draws the eye to the texture of the wall by creating shadows.