ABORA, End Table in Burnt Wood

To create is to give matter a soul, to let it carry memory, story, and emotion. The wood, carefully selected from the forests in France, comes from offcuts of sawmills and carpenters’ workshops, a conscious choice to embrace an eco-responsible approach. Each piece carries the trace of time, nature, and the artisan’s hand. Sculpted with precision, it pays homage to African heritage and the marks of lived experience, revealing a unique patina. Each scar, each imprint becomes a fragment of identity, a quiet testimony to what endures.

Fire completes the process, deepening the texture of the material and giving it both strength and refinement. This piece stands as a grounded presence, solid, almost telluric. Its massive legs evoke those of the elephant, not by imitation, but as a metaphor for stability and inner strength. ABORA, meaning “thank you” in my mother tongue, expresses gratitude: to the tree that offered its matter, to the hand that shaped it, and to the story it continues to tell. More than an object, it stands as a witness a bridge between nature and culture, between the intimate and the universal.