Collection: JULES LOBGEOIS

JULES LOBGEOIS IS A FRENCH DESIGNER, ORIGINALLY FROM NORMANDY, IN EURE. HE GRADUATED FROM THE NATIONAL SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS (ENSAAMA) OLIVIER DE SERRES IN PARIS AND FROM THE DSAA LAAB IN RENNES. AFTER HIS STUDIES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, HE FOCUSED ON SCULPTURE APPLIED TO OBJECTS. HE ACQUIRED HIS EXPERTISE FROM A METALWORKER, THEN FROM THE DESIGNER AND CABINETMAKER KASPAR HAMACHER, THUS DEVELOPING A PASSION FOR THESE TWO MATERIALS.

HIS WORK FOCUSES ON THE FUSION BETWEEN WOOD, WITH ITS ORGANIC DIMENSION, AND METAL, WITH ITS RIGIDITY, IN A POETIC APPROACH. HE METICULOUSLY CHOOSES WOOD, OFTEN FROM FALLEN TREES, WHICH HE STORES UNTIL IT IS READY TO BE WORKED. HIS METHOD OF SCULPTURE IS SPONTANEOUS — THE SHAPES COME TO LIFE THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE WOOD, IN A CONSTANT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE MATERIAL AND HIS TOOLS.

HE PAYS PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS, THE GRAIN, AND THE STRUCTURE OF EACH PIECE OF WOOD. HIS SCULPTURES ARE DESIGNED AS VOLUMES THAT CAPTURE AND REFRACT LIGHT, REVEALING THEIR TIGHT LINES AND FUTURISTIC CURVES THROUGH A SUBTLE PLAY OF LIGHT.