The negative
The artwork begins as a photographic negative prepared for exposure.

LYTE RELIC transforms clothing and everyday objects into authentic one-of-one relics using chemistry, photographic negatives, and UV exposure.
No two relics are exactly the same. Every reaction, mark, fade, and variation becomes part of the piece.
See the current relicA photographic negative meets a prepared surface, chemistry, and ultraviolet light. The reaction leaves behind a permanent image with its own imperfect character.

The artwork begins as a photographic negative prepared for exposure.
Light and chemistry react directly with the object’s surface.
The final piece carries marks and tones that can never be duplicated exactly.

A deep indigo art tote created through LYTE RELIC’s chemistry and UV exposure process. This exact piece exists once—when it is gone, it becomes part of the archive.
One object. One reaction. One relic.
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“No two relics are exactly the same.”
LYTE RELIC lives where experiment, image, and object become one. Each piece is treated by hand and shaped by a process that welcomes unpredictability. The result is wearable art with the presence of something found, aged, and carried forward.