Hints and tips:
...In Mr Punch’s Parlour, there is a huge jade-tone Asian-style jardinière of three deified felines that support a giant horned bowl. “I really don’t know the story behind it,” says Costin....
...Artisan carpenter Thierry Billaud has been deluged with orders for his country-style doors, chairs and tables using local woods....
...It’s not too expensive to have a carpenter knock up something simple, and you can add flourishes....
...Loïc Le Gaillard, of the Paris-and-London-based Carpenters Workshop Gallery, relishes a platform for taking risks....
...A recent “find” is Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York. It’s an incredible place: a lot of its pieces require at least 12 craftspeople....
...Its ridges were born when Ai asked carpenters to make a three-dimensional map of China out of timbers once used for Qing dynasty temples....
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