Earth Made Treasures. Sand is a grounding force. It can instantly transport us back in time; help reconnect us to nature as is settles between our toes and remind us of life's ever-changing character as it is washed away by the tide. At Sand to Sand, we capture the ephemeral yet timeless quality of one of nature's most abundant resources to create bespoke objects, true earth treasures, that seamlessly blend into our environment and anchor us. Our patented technology for solidifying sand allows us to create unique objects using this natural resource in a completely sustainable way. Sand to Sand's earth treasures are made to be enjoyed timelessly but can also be returned to their origin and become part of nature again.

A vase that can go back to the beach

Most decorative objects end as landfill. The Ocean Vase has another option. Sand to Sand makes it from sand alone, bound by a patented process for solidifying the material, and the studio states that its objects can be returned to their origin and become part of nature again. That claim decides everything about the piece. The colour of the vase is the colour of the sand it was made from, and its surface keeps the grain. The studio calls the result an earth treasure, which sounds grander than the object looks; in the hand it is closer to a piece of dry shoreline that has been persuaded to hold a shape.

Because the raw material is natural, texture and tone shift from one Ocean Vase to the next. One will run paler, another will show more speckle; the studio presents this as a property of the material rather than a defect. The silhouette is simple and heavy, more sculpture than container, and that is how The Oblist lists it, among its sculptural vases and modern vases and alongside the gallery's decorative objects. Set on a console or a mantelpiece it stands alone or takes dried stems; in a bathroom or an entrance hall its granular matte surface sits well with limestone, lime plaster and pale timber.

Sand to Sand describes sand as a grounding force, something that carries a person back in time and reconnects them to nature. The interior-design translation is literal. A hotel on a coast, a spa, a house above a beach can hold an object made of sand in a place defined by sand, which no ceramic or glass piece can offer. The studio also produces bespoke objects, so a vase or a sculptural form can be made for a particular project, and it presents its process as fully sustainable: the material is one of the most abundant on earth, and the object is designed to return to it.

The Oblist lists The Ocean Vase by Sand to Sand with its dimensions and composition on the product page, and adds further Sand to Sand pieces as the studio releases them. Interior designers and architects sourcing sand objects for a residential or hospitality project, or wishing to discuss a bespoke piece, can do so through the Trade Program.