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. Each bag uses the same image, but every reaction, fade, and detail is naturally different.
The same design. A different relic every time.
This one-of-one LYTE RELIC release is no longer available.
For more than 20 years, Johnny has made a life through art—working as a tattoo artist, owning tattoo shops, and building independent clothing brands. LYTE RELIC is the next chapter of that journey: a place where experience, experimentation, and a lifelong love of design come together.
Every piece is created by hand and guided by the creativity God placed within his soul. The process may begin with chemistry and UV light, but it is finished through instinct, patience, and the belief that art should carry a story of its own.
“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.