Elie Bleu Vakar 3-Cigar Obsidian Ashtray — Brown

Elie Bleu Vakar 3-Cigar Obsidian Ashtray — Brown

The Vakar Collection is built around one material: obsidian from Mount Arteni, a volcanic formation whose stone has been worked since antiquity for its hardness, its edge, and its optical depth. Elie Bleu sources this obsidian and works it by hand — cutting each piece from a single block, polishing the surface to the degree that allows the stone to capture and return light without obscuring its natural character. No casting, no mold. The shape of each piece is reached through the stone.

3-Cigar Format

The 3-cigar ashtray is defined by a graphic triangular silhouette — one of the Vakar range's most visually distinctive forms. Three cigar rests are positioned within the geometry, with an ash cavity carved into the body. The triangular outline gives the piece immediate visual weight as a tabletop object, not just as a functional ashtray; it reads as a sculptural form before it reads as a utilitarian one. Despite having the same footprint as other sizes in the Vakar range — 17 × 10 × 4 cm — the geometry of this format sets it apart. A piece suited to a smoking room where design presence matters as much as function.

Brown Obsidian

The brown variant reveals the warmer dimension of the material. Where black obsidian moves toward opacity, brown obsidian admits more light into its interior — producing amber and honey undertones alongside the warm mahogany of the surface. The polished surface captures surrounding light, and the effect shifts depending on angle and source: warmer and more translucent than the black, with the same internal variations — natural chips, transparency gradients, the characteristic inclusions of volcanic glass — giving the surface its movement and depth. These are not imperfections. They are the authentic expression of the material. Each piece is visually unique.

The triangular silhouette in brown is a particularly warm combination: the geometric precision of the form against the organic richness of the stone's color range. Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.