Collection: ROMAIN PARIS GARNAULT

BASED ON DIRECT SIZING OF TREE TRUNKS WITH CHAINSAWS, ROMAIN PARIS-GARNAULT’S PHYSICAL AND SOLITARY WORK IS AS MUCH SCULPTURE AS IT IS CRAFTSMANSHIP.

LARGE-DIAMETER TREE TRUNKS, DISCARDED BY LOCAL SAWMILLS, ARE RECOVERED TO CREATE FURNITURE OBJECTS, TRUE FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURES. EACH PIECE IS UNIQUE. CONSTANTLY RENEWED, THE FORMS OF HIS CREATIONS ARE DRAWN IN A PROGRESSIVE AND PARTIALLY INTUITIVE PROCESS. THE TENSIONS AND CRACKS SPECIFIC TO A PIECE OF WOOD OUTLINE A COMPOSITION ON WHICH ROMAIN PARIS-GARNAULT IMPROVISES.

THROUGH BURNED WOOD FINISHES AND SENSUAL YET GRAPHIC VOLUMES, ROMAIN PARIS-GARNAULT CREATES OBJECTS THAT INVITE TOUCH, WHERE EYES CARESS THE INNER BEAUTY OF A TREE IN ALL ITS INDIVIDUALITY.