Les outils de Gérard, 2022
Woodturning is a very old craft that has evolved with mechanisation. A small amount of craftsmen and amateurs continue to exercise their manual skills and imagination. Some of the most popular domestic hardwoods for turning have included birch, ash, maple, cherry, and walnut. Exotic hardwoods have also been very popular because of distinct patterns and colors. There is currently an unprecedented material shortage of wood, with lumber prices skyrocketing.
The handles are made of Indian rosewood, a precious exotic wood and are turned in a Louis-Philippe furniture style (the first French decorative style imposed not by royalty, but by the tastes of the growing French upper class.). The lower part of the tool is made of copper, one of the oldest metals believed to heal and associated with ideas of universal life.
Realised with the precious help and expertise of French woodturner Gérard Bidou.