London architecture studio Bureau de Change has produced a range of patterned tiles using Thames Glass, a biomaterial created by artist Lulu Harrison from mussel shells.
Harrison – a student on the Material Futures masters at Central Saint Martin’s – created her bio-glass using the ground-up shells of quagga mussels in combination with local sand and waste wood ash.
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| Material | Quagga Mussel Shells, Sand and Waste Wood Ash |
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