Oyster Copper Backsplash

Oyster Copper Backsplash — Hand-Hammered Raw Bar Wall Art & Coastal Kitchen Decor

The oyster is the only food that is eaten alive. It is also the only food that has been continuously eaten by humans for at least 164,000 years — the oldest evidence of oyster consumption comes from a cave on the southern coast of South Africa, where Homo sapiens were eating oysters before they left Africa. The Romans farmed them. The French built an entire coastal culture around them. The American raw bar is one of the great institutions of the Eastern Seaboard. The oyster is the most historically continuous and most gastronomically prestigious shellfish in the world.

A hand-hammered copper backsplash of oysters in raised relief on a wave-textured background — the oysters rendered in dimensional metalwork, the layered ridges of the shell built up in copper relief, the rough exterior and the smooth interior visible in the depth of the hammer work, the wave texture of the background placing the oysters in the tidal zone where they grow — made by our family using traditional chasing and repoussé techniques passed through generations. The oyster shell is the composition: the geological layers of the shell, the way the valves fit together, the way the oysters cluster on the reef — all of it visible in the relief. Available in all 15 finishes. Over 10,000 pieces made.

The Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) — the oyster of the Chesapeake Bay, the Long Island Sound, the Gulf of Maine, and the Gulf of Mexico — has been the defining shellfish of the American East Coast since the first European settlers arrived and found oyster reefs so large they were navigational hazards. The Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) — introduced to the Pacific Northwest from Japan in the 1920s — is now the most widely farmed oyster in the world. The Kumamoto (Magallana sikamea), the Olympia (Ostrea lurida), the Belon (Ostrea edulis) of Brittany — every great oyster-growing coast has its own species, its own terroir, its own culture. This panel belongs to all of them.

What Can You Order With This Design?

① Single backsplash or wall art piece — select your size above
The oysters in your exact size and finish. Choose from the sizes listed, or reach out with your measurements — we’ll add your size and notify you when it’s ready. Note your finish preference at checkout — we’ll send a digital preview before production begins.

② Full coastal kitchen — the oyster bar kitchen
Oysters above the stove, the wave texture and shell motifs continuing across the sink wall and window wall — all in the same finish, designed as one continuous tidal composition. The kitchen that belongs to the waterfront home, the oyster farm, or the coastal restaurant. Send us straight-on photos of your kitchen walls and we’ll design the full set, render it into your space, and quote the complete project. No commitment required.

③ Raw bar, seafood restaurant, or oyster bar feature wall
Oysters at full wall scale on the wall behind the raw bar or the dining room of the oyster restaurant — the composition that belongs to the space where oysters are shucked and served. Contact us with your dimensions for an exact quote.

④ Custom shellfish composition — reach out
A specific oyster species — Eastern, Pacific, Kumamoto, Olympia, Belon — rendered with the specific shell character of that variety, oysters with clams and mussels for the full bivalve composition, oysters with a shucker’s knife and a lemon for the raw bar still life, oysters with seaweed and barnacles for the full tidal reef composition, or your oyster farm name or raw bar name worked into the shell composition. Same process, completely custom. Just reach out.

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Complete the Look

A full oyster bar kitchen. Oysters above the stove, the tidal wave texture wrapping the sink wall and window wall, the range hood clad in the same finish — the kitchen that feels like the back room of the best raw bar on the coast.

A raw bar or oyster restaurant wall. Oysters at full wall scale behind the bar — the geological layers of the shell filling the wall, the wave texture suggesting the tidal flat where they grew. The wall that makes every oyster taste better.

A beach house or waterfront home sign. Your property name, your oyster farm name, or your family name — hand-hammered in relief with an oyster shell border. The sign beside the door of the home that belongs to the water.

A dining room feature wall. Oysters at dining room scale — the most gastronomically prestigious and most quietly sophisticated shellfish composition in the catalog — on the wall of the room where the best meals happen.

Thinking about more than one piece? Reach out before ordering. We design full projects together and the pricing reflects it.

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Perfect For

• Coastal kitchen backsplash — waterfront home, beach house, or oyster farm — Natuross has installed handmade copper backsplashes in thousands of American kitchens. The oyster is the most gastronomically prestigious and most quietly geological shellfish backsplash in the catalog.
• Raw bar, oyster restaurant, or seafood dining room — the composition that belongs to the space where oysters are the point — on the wall that every diner faces while they eat
• Oyster lover, shucker, or waterman — for the person whose relationship with the oyster goes beyond the plate — on the wall that honors that connection permanently in copper
• Chesapeake Bay, Long Island Sound, Pacific Northwest, or Gulf Coast home — the oyster that belongs to your coast — on the wall of the kitchen that is built around the water and the tides
• 15 finishes available — Natural Copper, Brown Copper, Green Copper, Blue Copper, Fire Copper, Black Copper, Copper–Black, Silver, Silver–Copper, Silver–Gold, Silver–Black, Gold, Antique Gold, Black–Gold, Gold–Black — note your preference at checkout

For Trade Professionals

Interior designers, architects, and restaurant designers working on coastal residential and hospitality projects work with us directly — bespoke dimensions, any finish, any scale. Trade inquiries here or via live chat.

You Work Directly With the Craftsman

One workshop. Every piece made by hand. Every message answered by the person who makes the work.

• Share your space and your vision — photos, measurements, finish preference, any customization
• We design it and render it into your space — before production starts
• Production begins only after your approval
• We photograph the finished piece — before it ships
• Ships when you’re satisfied

Pricing

Select your size above to order directly. Need a different size? Reach out — we’ll add it.

• 24×18" — $627
• 36×30" — $1,469
• 48×36" — $2,311

Material & Specs

• Real copper sheet, hand-hammered, mounted on a solid backing panel
• ¼ inch thick (6mm) — sits flush against the wall
• Heat-resistant and safe directly behind stoves and cooktops
• Oysters in raised copper relief on wave-textured background — shell layers, valve detail, and tidal texture across the full panel
• Ships in approximately 3 weeks

Installation

• Screw Mount — pre-drilled holes with matching decorative screw caps.
• Adhesive Mount — construction adhesive on the panel back. Over tile, drywall, stone, or wood.
• Hang — hanging wire on the back.

Installation guidance included.

Cleaning & Durability

Sealed finish — permanent, maintenance-free. Wipe with a damp cloth. The shells will look exactly as they do today in twenty years.

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