Atelier Sedap, staff manufacturer since 1968
Atelier Sedap (Société Européenne de Diffusion et d’Application du Plâtre) has benefited from unique expertise in plaster casting for over fifty years. We apply our expertise to the manufacture of architectural relief ornaments and high-end lighting fixtures. Our workshop is dedicated to creating high-quality pieces, using meticulous plasterwork and tried-and-tested craft techniques.
1968 – The genesis of l’Atelier
Atelier Sedap was founded in 1968 by Charles Bohu. At the time, Sedap was a family-run manufacturer of decorative staff elements, with a production plant in La Planche, near Nantes.
1982 – Gypsum and Light
In the 1980s, the company took a new direction. Benoît Bohu, son of the founder, joins the adventure and develops an innovative concept: combining staff with light to offer a new type of lighting solution.
2014 – Atelier Sedap, Living Heritage Company
Atelier Sedap is dedicated to transmitting and promoting the traditional techniques of staff and ornamentation. This work was recognized in 2014 with the award of the prestigious EPV label, Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant.
55 years of expertise
It’s in Loire-Atlantique that plaster extracted from Parisian quarries has acquired a prestigious reputation, thanks to the family business founded in 1968 by Charles Bohu. A few years later, his son Benoît had the idea of combining the art of staff work with the technicality of lighting to offer innovative lighting solutions.
As a result, Atelier Sedap quickly made a name for itself with its innovative approach, showcasing exceptional lighting effects and creating unique interior objects. Our company has developed successfully in France and abroad, thanks to the unrivalled quality of our products and the expertise of our team of passionate professionals.
Atelier Sedap continues to explore the infinite possibilities offered by plaster, that noble and versatile material. Thanks to their creativity and expertise, our staff-ornamentalists have been able to develop the various uses of decorative staff, while expanding its applications in interior architecture. Our workshop’s unique expertise enables us to highlight the aesthetic and technical characteristics of plaster, while proposing innovative solutions to meet our customers’ needs.
French staff workshop
On the outskirts of Nantes, Atelier Sedap still applies the traditional techniques of staffing, carefully handed down over the decades. This handcrafted, hand-executed expertise by staffing and ornamental craftsmen was recognized in 2014 with the award of the prestigious EPV label, Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company).
From Haussmannian ornamentation to contemporary design, from Baroque to Neoclassicism, we adapt to our customers’ needs, offering them customized products that complement our catalog of creations.
Plaster, a durable material
Gypsum is a healthy material that is now back in the limelight. Sourced from gypsum quarries in the Paris basin, this noble material is extracted in an environmentally-friendly way, with additive-free, energy-saving processing at just 200°. With its immaculate whiteness and exceptional texture, the 90% pure plaster we use is a true treasure of nature, a symbol of raw perfection and elegance.
An innovative French staff factory
Atelier Sedap is committed to developing a strong synergy between design, know-how and innovation.
The company’s ambition is to explore this ecological material in all its forms.
Our mission: To explore the potential of plaster, a healthy, ecological and local material, to make your living spaces part of a sustainable approach.
Our mission: to explore the potential of plaster, a healthy, ecological and local material, to make your living spaces more sustainable.
Collaborations – Design at the heart of our approach
Atelier Sedap collaborates with independent designers to develop innovative solutions, creating aesthetic products that respond to the new uses and environmental concerns of customers.
Atelier Sedap’s aim is to reinterpret the brand’s flagship products, such as wall lights, ceiling lights and pendant lights.
These collaborations highlight the creative potential of plaster and enable the development of innovative techniques.