Lost Treasure is a collaborative project between paper artist Anna Normand and embroidery artist Alexandra Latour, who have combined their creative worlds to explore the boundaries between materials, techniques and innovation.

Driven by a shared ecological awareness, they have adopted an eco-responsible approach, using natural materials to create a work that reinvents materiality and celebrates the poetry of gesture.

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Lost Treasure is an amphora born from the exploration of paper and seaweed as living materials. Handcrafted from seaweed, bio-based paper fibres and vegetable resin, it evokes the silent relics that the sea has preserved over the centuries.

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The piece is made from a paste composed of seaweed, paper pulp and vegetable resin, applied to a mould, then dried and sanded to obtain a smooth surface ready for embroidery.

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The embroidery, done on silk tulle, combines ribbons, paper sequins, cabochons and beads handmade from paper and paste, all sewn with gold thread using the Lunéville crochet technique.

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Once completed, the embroidery is carefully attached to the amphora, then wrapped in a thin layer of paper fibres, giving the whole piece a soft, velvety and organic texture.