From ocean waste to creative structure: how Formaet® Stretcher Canvas Frames are made

At Formaet®, sustainability is not a concept added at the end of the design process. It is the starting point of everything we build.

Our Stretcher Canvas Frame is made from 100% ocean-bound recycled plastics, transforming waste that threatens marine ecosystems into a new material designed for creative production.

The process begins far from the studio, in coastal and marine environments where plastic pollution accumulates and endangers ocean life. Specialized recovery teams—often working alongside fishing communities—collect this plastic directly from the sea or from areas at high risk of entering the ocean.

Once recovered, the plastic is carefully sorted, cleaned, and treated through a recycling process that transforms it into high-quality, usable raw material. This material is then processed into recycled plastic suitable for industrial applications, giving it a second life far removed from its original environmental impact.

From this regenerated material, Formaet® develops its patented modular Stretcher Canvas Frame system.

Rather than relying on traditional virgin materials, we work with ocean-bound recycled plastics to create a structural system that is both durable and adaptable. The result is a new generation of canvas frame infrastructure designed not only for performance, but for circularity.

Each frame becomes part of a larger ecosystem: one that connects environmental recovery, material innovation, and artistic creation.

By integrating ocean plastic into our product system, we aim to contribute to a model where waste is no longer the end of a lifecycle, but the beginning of a new one.

Formaet® is built on this principle: transforming environmental responsibility into functional design, and redefining how creative tools are conceived, manufactured, and used.

This is not just about materials. It is about changing the system behind the tools artists use every day.