Clay, hemp, cellulose, wood shavings
Pleto Biocomposite has a recipe. Clay for body, hemp and cellulose for fibre, wood shavings for lightness, mineral powders and natural pigments for colour, the whole held together with an eco-friendly binder. PletoStudio developed the mixture as its own material and builds every lamp base from it by hand, in Ukraine. The surface that results is matte and faintly granular, closer to a dry riverbed than to glazed ceramic; the atelier speaks of erosion-inspired structures and organic geometry, and the bases do look weathered rather than moulded. Light is the other half of the material. Linen, wool and cotton shades sit on top, and the pigments below absorb what the fibres diffuse.
