A new jewelry collection by luxury French jeweler Boucheron uses recycled industrial waste, including asbestos, IDEX Online reports.
According to the report, “material that is usually crushed and used for road-building is vitrified – turned into a glassy (and harmless) substance called Cofalit – through heat and fusion.”
The result – the Jack de Boucheron Ultime Collection – fulfills the potential of a material no one usually deems usable, according Claire Choisne, the company’s artistic director: “Cofalit is the complete opposite of what is considered precious in the collective imagination,” she said. “I appreciate the radicality and aesthetic appearance of this recycled industrial byproduct, which has reached the end of its life cycle. I took inspiration from the fact that this material is deemed to have no further utility. I wanted to restore its value in a lasting way through this capsule collection.”
