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LightArt’s Sea Foam and Seagrass: Shining Beacons of Sustainability
Building on last year’s success with the Coil Collection, LightArt doubles down on the sustainability quotient with Sea Foam and Seagrass, two new up-cycled pendants made entirely from near-shore and ocean-bound plastic waste.
![Sea Foam pendant three pendants in kitchen](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/xO25i9Fw-1024x683.jpeg)
Sea Foam (pictured above) is a spherical pendant with a soft white hue. It’s made from plastic that would ordinarily end up in the ocean, such as single-use plastic bags and water bottles. Crafted from near-shore waste including fishing nets, trawls, and ropes, Seagrass (below) offers a compelling teardrop shape in a spellbinding hue reminiscent of ocean kelp.
![Seagrass pendant pictured above fragment of a green fishing net](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/seagrass-1024x683.jpeg)
The pendants represent the next evolution in LightArt’s sustainability ethos. While the original Coil Collection fixtures were made of internally generated waste, the latest additions are exclusively from external sources.
![Pile of fishing nets on Alaskan coast](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/UXFq4x8k-1024x683.jpeg)
![Big pile of single-use plastic bottles](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/single-use-plastic-1024x683.jpeg)
Says Edwin Vice, LightArt’s Director of Research and Development, “Once we were able to solve our own internal waste problem, ocean plastics were a clear next challenge… These pendants represent a greater step in the Coil Collection’s evolution.”
![Manufacturing nets into polypropylene pellets](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/xQuLFI1A-1024x683.jpeg)
![Process: turning ocean plastic into polypropylene pellets](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Coil-Process-1-1024x667.jpeg)
![Seagrass manufacture process](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/process-1024x683.jpeg)
Above: steps in LightArt’s process for converting ocean plastic into Coil Collection pendants
Sea Foam and Seagrass also herald an auspicious collaboration that might serve as a model for community-wide sustainability projects: LightArt partnered with Oceanworks, a plastic-action platform that specializes in retrieving plastic from the world’s oceans. Oceanworks sources contamination-free plastic from seven tiers, ranging from post-industrial to deep sea: “Our mission is keeping the oceans clean, so we’re always on the lookout for like-minded partners.”
![Seagrass material in hands with fishing net below](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hands-with-coil-material-1024x847.jpeg)
Both Sea Foam and Seagrass are made of polypropylene, a variety of plastic that’s different from the upcycled resin used in the first Coil pendants: “Instead of trying to mimic the original process, LightArt decided to let the new material dictate how it wanted to form, resulting in Ocean-Sourced Coil’s spherical shapes and translucent finish.”
![two Seagrass pendants](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/seagrass-two-lights-1024x683.jpeg)
![Sea Foam pendant with polypropylene material below](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sea-foam-1024x683.jpeg)
Both pendants feature a PVC-free cord and TGIC-free powder-coated hardware. They’re also equipped with LightArt’s Performance Lighting Core, a solid-state lighting solution that provides a wider range of color temperatures, lumen outputs, beam spreads, and dimming options.
![Seagrass pendants](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/seagrass-detail-1024x683.jpeg)
LightArt is a 3form company. See their here to read more about the Coil Collection and the brand’s ongoing sustainability initiatives.
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