Art that sees what the sea left behind.
Wearable art · Coastal home · Giclée art prints
Sculptures handbuilt and photographed by the artist
The Studio
The Mission
The Mission
Lil Urchins Studio is the work of Marianne — an artist building one-of-a-kind sculptures from what the tide leaves behind. Sea glass, ghost netting, shells, seaweed. Nothing is taken alive. Each sculpture is photographed by the artist; the photograph is what travels.
The Mission
The Mission
The Mission
At Lil Urchins Studio we believe that art and design have the power to inspire and transform our personal spaces.
Meet the Collection
Snuggle Bunny — A swaddle of ghost netting, a baby held close against the world. The softest embrace the sea left behind.
The mother's hat is woven seaweed and a tiny shell, the baby's pacifier is seaweed, the swaddle is discarded fishing net — all returned by the tide, all given another life.
The Fisherman — Cap turned backwards, line cast, the morning ahead of him. Whatever he is waiting for, he has waited before.
Shells, two sand dollars, recovered netting, a Maine lobster band — all left behind by the sea, all given another life.
Farmers Market — Hat tipped against the morning sun, basket on her arm, off to gather what the day offers.
Ruffles of drift seaweed, dried seaweed for the hat, sea grapes carried in the basket, a single limpet shell closing the clutch — all left behind by the sea, all given another life.
Pappi — Hands in his pockets, sea-glass shades, hat tilted just so. He has all the time in the world. The Boss of the Beach.
Sea glass, seaweed, a sand dollar, shells gathered from what the tide brought in — all left behind by the sea, all given another life.
Whelk Season — Mussel fins lifted, mask down, a single whelk in the catch. Below the surface is where this one has been.
Mussel shells, sea glass, a recovered lobster band, a discarded straw, ghost netting, a whelk — all left behind by the sea, all given another life.
Sea Glass Liberty — Torch held high, a crown of periwinkle shell, tablet at her side. Liberty, gathered from what the sea left behind.
The crown and torch are built from ocean-tumbled periwinkle fragments, the flame is sea glass, the pedestal is layered sand dollars — all returned by the tide, all given another life.
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