I have worked in France, Japan and Iceland. It is precisely the cultural aspect that interests me in each of the workshops I have visited. I take care to work with local materials. This approach allows me to continue learning while writing a different story for each creation.

Along with cabinetmaking, I use a traditional Japanese bamboo basketry technique called takezaiku. Takezaiku is about specific braiding patterns as well as how bamboo is prepared before braiding. Marrying these two skills allowed me to develop my technique of weaving solid wood.

I seek to build a relationship between cabinetmaking and takezaiku. I like to create works in which the material speak louder than the technique.

Bamboo weaving requires preparing each of the strands to the nearest tenth of a millimetre, in width and in thickness, from the whole bamboo. The process of preparing the material is much longer than the braiding itself, but it is decisive for the quality of the finished object, which will depend on the regularity of the strands.