[Artisan Name] works in a workshop in Suzhou, surrounded by cedar, walnut, and paulownia. His objects are simple — trays, stands, boxes — but the simplicity is earned through decades of practice.
'Wood is not a static material,' he says. 'It moves. It breathes. It expands in summer and contracts in winter. A good woodworker does not fight this — they design for it.'
他使用傳統蘇州榫卯结构……
他的打磨過程同樣耐心……
'I am not making products,' he says. 'I am making objects that will be used daily for twenty years. That means they must be right — not approximately right, but exactly right. Because twenty years of daily use will reveal every flaw.'