The French artist-interior architect-designer Jean-Guillaume Mathiaut has a long history with wood. Growing up in the village of Bourron-Marlotte, near the forest of Fontainebleau, he seeks refuge or finds artistic inspiration in the midst of massive trees. And he made the oak, the species that occupies half of the forests of Fontainebleau, his material of fetish.
Over the years Mathiaut made a name for himself, not only for his distinctive inner sense of shape, but also for his love and care of trees. Many people from various creative industries, including high-profile names such as Alain Ducasse and Jay-Z, visited his workshop in his hometown and got spellbound with the sculpture, or what he names 'landscape furniture.'
