PICHULIK x Shellegance‘ Deck the Walls with Shells’ ‘We wish you a Merry, Shelly Christmas’

Pichulik collaborates with South African artist and ceramicist, Lucie de Moyencourt, founder of Shellegance, to transform Pichulik´s 8 Watson Street Atelier in the heart of Cape Town. The charming, double-story heritage building will be transformed into a seashore. Its white-washed facade is embellished with one-of-a-kind, handcrafted and hand-painted ceramic seashells, creating a surreal, decorative seascape, inviting wonder and whimsy into the city centre.

Pichulik and Shellegance unveil the ´Shelleganza´ on the 28th of November 2024. The Shellegance installation will transform the Pichulik Atelier into an ocean-themed seascape. The exterior will be embellished with a collection of shells painted in de Moyencourt’s signature marine hues, ranging from azure to blue, with soft coral accents. This imaginative takeover is an ode to the sea, mer, myth and magic heralding the arrival of a sensational Summer in South Africa’s majestic Mother City.

Inside, the Atelier is reimagined as a Mermaid’s treasure trove. Pichulik and Shellegance narrate the collaboration with a curation of images, and a conversation between their sea-themed objet d’art, including the unveiling of never-before-seen Shellegance interior pieces, alongside Pichulik’s aventurine, fluorite, and pearl adornment.

As part of the creative collaboration, Pichulik and Shellegance have designed a limited edition Shellegance pendant, a sculptural gold-lustre ceramic shell imbued with the soul of the sea. A licence to indulge all of your mermaid, shell-collecting whimsy! The Pichulik x Shellegance collaboration is a celebration of Summer and the creative spirit of Cape Town. `Shell Shell on the wall, who is the most imaginative of them all?´

“This collaboration means a lot to me. It is an honour and joy to collaborate with friend and fellow mermaid Kat Pichulik whom I have long admired as an original creator and businessperson. The pendant, which we sculpted for Pichulik, has a classic Shellegance shape, but instead of painting the surface, we opted for a brilliant pure gold lustre-fired finish. This aquatic jewel will look beautiful on any neck especially glimmering in the summer sunlight by the ocean! I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed creating it with Pichulik Africa.”

– Lucie de Moyencourt

About Lucie de Moyencourt & Shellegance
Lucie is a Franco-South African artist known for her illustrations of Cape Town in black ink. The Shellegance studio comprises Senga van Wyk and Mihle Daka who make the shells and Lucie de Moyencourt who paints the shells. The shells are then wired up for wall display by Zimbabwean wire artist George Magaso.
Seven years ago Lucie started making ceramic shells as wall hanging decorative plates. These were made for her own courtyard, partly inspired by Matisse cut outs, and partly inspired by a lifetime of collecting shells by the sea.
Each shell is entirely unique in both painting and shape as are natural seashells; no two will be
the same! Variations, uniqueness, and freedom are celebrated in our creations.
Since then, Shellegance has evolved into an internationally recognised highly collectible object,
gracing the homes of many influential designers and tastemakers around the world.
Shellegance shells sell out in minutes!