SHELL CANDLE LID

Craftmanship

Starting with the idea that waste can be a resource, Boutures experiments with new materials and contemporary artisans. For diptyque, Boutures reveals the emerging genius of a studio in Britany, France, specializing in recycled seashells. An eco-responsible approach that extracts real value from waste, artisan techniques and design, from the selection of the seashells all the way to the final result of enchanting and surprising decorative objects. In ultra-limited edition or as short runs. After having been cleaned and crushed, the morsels are mixed with a mineral base. Once poured into molds, the objects are then dried in the open air for several days before polishing. The neo-material obtained evokes granito, or “terrazzo alla veneziana”, composed of stone and marble fragments and cement… a savoir-faire that has existed for centuries.