The Ebanista master Xavier, the more exclusive pieces to worship the wood: the easier the prettier furniture is
With the patience of a farmer, the passion of an artist and the virtuosity of an goldsmith, the cabinetmaker Xavier more makes a trip that goes from the tree to the final piece, a unique village of solid wood.
When I was a child I already wanted to be a carpenter. Inlast January he received in Catalonia the title Demestro Ebanista, diplomathat only one artisan of each guild a year is granted, who has to comply with demandingrequirements. After graduating in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, ??in1990, Xavier Maspintópaintings and worked in museums such as Moma and Guggenheim in New York, in theMacba, the Miró Foundation and other centers in exhibition production. ButMore than 20 years ago he chose to surrender to his passion, work with wood,to which it gives a meaning aligned with its creative sensitivity. From abeginning sought more connected training with this ancestral and lessdumping to the industrial, an artisan approach that he found in the teachersJacques Vanlommeren and Pere Mascarell. FOUNDOSU Workshop in Barcelona and created its brandMore fuser (carpenter in Catalan). Perform, withvirtuosity and high quality, furnitureunique with solid wood of trees that seeks in northern Spain and the south ofFrance, and that sometimes lets dry untilBe at your point to be worked in an artisan way. The word respectsummarize what I do. -I explains- respect for the trade: it impresses me howHe has gone from parents to children, from teachers to apprentices, for years.And respect for the tree. I am clear thatWe work with something that was a living being. Trees have been long beforeThat we on this earth give us life, and the minimum is to do the bestpossible when you use them. And he adds: as designer George Nakashima said,Author of the book The soul of the tree, we are taking what remains of him andlengthening life. In Xaviers designs it is clear thatprotagonist is the wood: the simpler the furniture is,It is more beautiful because you will be able to see the wood better. The varnishing, that areThe most natural as possible, and the less dyed, the better. The wood, the moreWood, better. This artisan dominates the language of the trees: suddenly you seesome that are unrepeatable and, when you learn to read the wood, you can see inHis vein the life he had, the winters that have passed, when a branch broke him ...To his baggage he is curious to learn, and now he is excited to useThe lathe and wood in green to make objects. But my goal is to make themore honest furniture that can and last generations, concludes
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