// Designer Tomas Alonso pays homage to
French artist Pierre Leron Lesur, who passed away in the beginning of
2014, with a furniture series that gives a functional dimension to the
woodworking technique called “Sylvistructure”.
Baptized with this name over 50 years
ago by the artist from Saint Rémy de Provence, “Sylvistructure” is a
practice at the crossroads between art and craftsmanship that aims at
revealing the natural beauty of pieces of raw wood found along the
country roads of France. Pierre developed a particular interest in the
nubby branches of the almond tree, which is becoming increasingly rare
in Provence.
This practice includes delicate
techniques to protect the wood from decomposing, while respecting the
unique forms of the raw material.
Inspired by the contorted shapes of
Leron Lesur, Spanish designer Alonso - who is making a name for himself
with his intuitive and linear objects - adds functional, essential and
simple elements that augment and amplify the expressive potential of
natural wood. Thus art design series "Pierre and the Almond tree" is
born, now on display at Victor Hunt gallery in Brussels. //
