THE ACT OF SITTING:
My first gesture was to “make a chair.” As if “making a chair” were the founding act of any furniture design.
Why would placing our posteriors on it make the object so important?
In our Western societies, we certainly spend time in them: working, writing, eating, talking, etc.
The chair is the prosaic support for many daily activities.
In other societies, the chair doesn’t even exist, or only as a symbol of power.
My chairs fall somewhere between these two functions. They are certainly objects of use, as they should be, but they also have
a symbolic charge that expresses choices other than sitting.
Of course, the material and technique used make them heavy; it’s true that they can rust; they feel cold to the touch.
And what’s more, unlike the bed, the metal chair isn’t very common in our culture.
Yet, compared to a wooden chair, I discovered how much it allowed for a simple and pure gesture,
the materialization of an almost calligraphic sign in space,
an apparent lightness of writing where the technique becomes flexible in the service of the idea.
Et puis finalement, pour une idée, c’est vraiment confortable. Asseyez-vous, vous serez surpris…
“BOUILLON” CHAIR:
“GOTHIQUE” CHAIR:
“IZNIK” CHAIR:
“OISEAU” CHAIR:
“MARCEL” CHAIR:
“VIEILLE BRANCHE” CHAIR:
“ECAILLES” CHAIR:
“HERBES FOLLES” CHAIR:
“ROUGE” CHAIR:
“TOURNESOL” CHAIR:
“LA FORÊT” CHAIR:
“MÉCHANTS ENFANTS” CHAIR:
“VACHE” LOW CHAIR:
