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🌿 Sustainable Design Studio
Handmade lighting • Paper mâché art
Wood • Earth materials • Workshops
✨ Designs that reconnect spaces with nature.

📍 Europe | DM for projects & collaborations

06/04/2026

A quiet Easter moment.

Handmade plate, organic textures, and simple elements coming together to create a soft seasonal composition.

Celebrating slower days, natural materials, and meaningful details.

Happy Easter 🤍

Follow for more sculptural objects and slow design.





01/04/2026

A statement in texture and light!!

Sculptural hanging lamp, handcrafted from my signature composite.

A deep black surface layered with bronze and marine blue tones, fading into a soft ombré.
The interior glows warm bronze, creating a rich, ambient light.

Diameter: 80 cm
Height: 40 cm

A statement piece designed to define a space.

Available for purchase.

DM for details.





30/03/2026

Material design lab. When experimenting, it's very important if you fail to learn something and to repeat the experiment for a successful outcome. Edison find out 10,000 ways a light bulb didn't work.

17/03/2026

Not stone. Not concrete.

This is a sculptural paper composite — built layer by layer to mimic weight, texture, and imperfection.

I’m exploring how far a “soft” material can go… until it starts behaving like architecture.

This bench is part of a larger idea:
designing objects and the materials they are made from.

Would you expect this to be paper?

Available for custom design & projects.





09/03/2026

Part 3: Painting the paper-mâché pencil holder 🎨
Same base, two totally different finishes.

🖌️ Option 1: paint it wet with watered-down paint → soft, earthy, blended
🖌️ Option 2: paint it dry with a dry brush → bold texture, sculptural look

There’s no right or wrong — just different moods.

Which one would you choose for your desk?

👇 Comment “WET” or “DRY”

✨ Save this for your next paper-mâché project

➡️ Follow for Part 4 (sealing + final reveal)




08/03/2026

Part 2 of the paper-mâché pencil holder!
Now that the structure is finished, we’re finally moving on to sculpting — and yes, I had to try out my new palette knives. 😅✨

Using a thin layer of paper-mâché, I smoothed one piece and added texture to the other.
Hands first, palette knife second — because both techniques create completely different personalities.

Swipe to see the smoothed vs. textured versions. I can't decide which one I love more.
And honestly… this tutorial is turning into an eternity.

✨ Follow for Part 3 — the final reveal is coming soon!

07/03/2026

Building the base for our recycled pencil holder!
Today we’re starting with the structure — using torn pieces of a simple paper bag and shaping the form directly on the can. No perfection needed, just overlapping layers and covering sharp edges to make it smooth and safe.

This is Part 1 of the series — the foundation before the fun textures.
✨ Follow along for Part 2!
🎨 Save this if you want to try it this weekend!

👇 Which material should I upcycle next — cardboard, plastic bottle, or glass jar? Tell me in the comments!


06/03/2026

The one thing no one ever tells you about unmolding paper-mâché… 👀
If the inside isn’t fully dry, you will absolutely know it — trust me.
Today I unmolded too early and… boom: deformed shape, soft edges, and a full crack on one side.

When I turned it over, the inside was still wet and sticky.
So yes… we’re starting over. Again. 😅
But you know what? Mistakes become stories — and sometimes even hats. (Swipe to see!) 🌞🎩

✨ Save this if you’re working with paper-mâché — this tip will save your project.
👇 Tell me: Do you want a troubleshooting series next?

05/03/2026

This paper-mâché bottle vase cracked because it dried too fast on the radiator.
Instead of throwing it away, I fixed the cracks using a very fine paper-mâché paste and slow, careful layers.

This is part of working with recycled materials and handmade sustainable art — mistakes happen, and learning how to repair them is just as important as creating.

Paper-mâché teaches patience, flexibility, and respect for the process.
And in the end, the vase turned out just fine ✨

12/01/2026

PART 3 — Painting ✨

From recycled bottle to ancient-looking vase.
Follow for the final step.










11/01/2026

ONDA, when the light slows down.

Hand-sculpted. Recycled. One of a kind. ♻️✨

Onda
Dimensions: 100cm x 45cm
Height: 30cm
Material: Paper pulp
Color: White
Details: Silver edge, strips of printed paper
Light bulb: E27








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