Born into a family of French craftsmen with a love of nature, Cardew works exclusively in wood – “the only material," he says, "that is renewable and natural and can be used both for furniture and architecture.” He works in small batches at his Paris atelier, tailoring his techniques to the desired shape and the type of wood – local ash, beech or oak. The softness of the wood reveals itself through the hand-tooling and simple, refined design.
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