04.03.2024
Master carpenter with a passion:
Bonn/Mainz. Ecological and resource-friendly with the greatest possible creative freedom - that is the credo of master joiner Johanna Thielges from Mainz. She takes great pleasure in working with veneer, the "fillet of the tree", and conjures up uniquely beautiful pieces of furniture from it and other environmentally friendly materials that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
For the Mainz-based designer, veneer is at the heart of her furniture. "I love working with the playful and flowing grain of veneers. No two sheets of veneer are the same, the colors change in all directions and the thin wood can be worked with enormous creativity," says the cabinetmaker. She always enjoys rearranging the veneer sheets in the run-up to furniture production and looking at the resulting images. "This ultimately determines the appearance and character of the furniture," says Thielges.
It goes without saying that veneer was to play a key role in the creation of both her journeyman's piece "Vague" and her masterpiece "Hibou". In both cases, she chose particularly expressive walnut root veneer from Schorn & Groh in Karlsruhe. The member of the Initiative Furnier + Natur (IFN) is both a veneer manufacturer and dealer and also fulfills small and unusual requests such as those of the Mainz-based company. "In both projects, all the dimensions and the design were created around the selected veneer," confirms the carpenter.
The sideboards, which took her weeks of work to make, are quite literally something to behold: "I combined the veneer - in my opinion THE resource-saving alternative to processing solid wood - with compostable board materials made from straw and biodegradable glues, among other things. It was important to me that not only the externally visible part of the furniture, but also the entire interior is covered with veneer." Sophisticated veneered roller shutter doors gave both pieces of furniture their unmistakable finish, while "Hibou" also has a filigree frame on which the board seems to float. Finally, biodegradable linseed oil varnish was used to give the surfaces a glossy finish.
"Working with sustainable materials is an ecologically valuable, tried-and-tested and at the same time promising option for designing furniture objects," explains Ursula Geismann, Managing Director of IFN and long-standing trend expert. "With her work, Ms. Thielges has once again shown what can be achieved with the best of the tree. I am delighted that veneer is back in fashion and inspiring young people to this extent," concludes Geismann. IFN/DS
Initiative Veneer + Nature (IFN)
The Initiative Furnier + Natur (IFN) e.V. was founded in 1996 by the German veneer industry and its partners. Today it is supported by European companies from the veneer industry, the trade and the veneer processing industry as well as trade associations of the wood industry. The aim of the association is to promote veneer as a natural all-round material.
Further information on the master carpenter's work will be available soon at www.kodamea.com and on Instagram at #kodamea.design
Further information about veneer at:
www.Schorn&Groh.com
#schornundgroh
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Image 1: Like the burl veneer used, the "Hibou" furniture looks light and delicate despite its dark color. Photo: Natalie Zimmermann Photography
Image 2: Not only the burl veneer is playful, the interior of the "Vague" furniture was also designed with great attention to detail. Photo: Natalie Zimmermann Photography
Image 3: Johanna Thielges works intently on a piece of furniture. The selected veneer sheet is already prepared for further processing. Photo: Kevin Thielges
March 4, 2024
Master carpenter with a passion:
Johanna Thielges conjures up dreamlike pieces of furniture from veneer and other ecological materials
Bonn/Mainz. Ecological and resource-friendly with the greatest possible creative freedom - that is the credo of master joiner Johanna Thielges from Mainz. She takes great pleasure in working with veneer, the "fillet of the tree", and conjures up uniquely beautiful pieces of furniture from it and other environmentally friendly materials that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
For the Mainz-based designer, veneer is at the heart of her furniture. "I love working with the playful and flowing grain of veneers. No two sheets of veneer are the same, the colors change in all directions and the thin wood can be worked with enormous creativity," says the cabinetmaker. She always enjoys rearranging the veneer sheets in the run-up to furniture production and looking at the resulting images. "This ultimately determines the appearance and character of the furniture," says Thielges.
It goes without saying that veneer was to play a key role in the creation of both her journeyman's piece "Vague" and her masterpiece "Hibou". In both cases, she chose particularly expressive walnut root veneer from Schorn & Groh in Karlsruhe. The member of the Initiative Furnier + Natur (IFN) is both a veneer manufacturer and dealer and also fulfills small and unusual requests such as those of the Mainz-based company. "In both projects, all the dimensions and the design were created around the selected veneer," confirms the carpenter.
The sideboards, which took her weeks of work to make, are quite literally something to behold: "I combined the veneer - in my opinion THE resource-saving alternative to processing solid wood - with compostable board materials made from straw and biodegradable glues, among other things. It was important to me that not only the externally visible part of the furniture, but also the entire interior is covered with veneer." Sophisticated veneered roller shutter doors gave both pieces of furniture their unmistakable finish, while "Hibou" also has a filigree frame on which the board seems to float. Finally, biodegradable linseed oil varnish was used to give the surfaces a glossy finish.
"Working with sustainable materials is an ecologically valuable, tried-and-tested and at the same time promising option for designing furniture objects," explains Ursula Geismann, Managing Director of IFN and long-standing trend expert. "With her work, Ms. Thielges has once again shown what can be achieved with the best of the tree. I am delighted that veneer is back in fashion and inspiring young people to this extent," concludes Geismann. IFN/DS
Initiative Veneer + Nature (IFN)
The Initiative Furnier + Natur (IFN) e.V. was founded in 1996 by the German veneer industry and its partners. Today it is supported by European companies from the veneer industry, the trade and the veneer processing industry as well as trade associations of the wood industry. The aim of the association is to promote veneer as a natural all-round material.
Further information on the master carpenter's work will be available soon at www.kodamea.com and on Instagram at #kodamea.design
Further information about veneer at:
www.Schorn&Groh.com
#schornundgroh
furnier.de/en
wood-veneer-stories.de
Image 1: Like the burl veneer used, the "Hibou" furniture looks light and delicate despite its dark color. Photo: Natalie Zimmermann Photography
Image 2: Not only the burl veneer is playful, the interior of the "Vague" furniture was also designed with great attention to detail. Photo: Natalie Zimmermann Photography
Image 3: Johanna Thielges works intently on a piece of furniture. The selected veneer sheet is already prepared for further processing. Photo: Kevin Thielges
March 4, 2024
Image 1: Like the burl veneer used, the "Hibou" furniture looks light and delicate despite its dark color. Photo: Natalie Zimmermann Photography
Image 2: Not only the burl veneer is playful, the interior of the "Vague" furniture was also designed with great attention to detail. Photo: Natalie Zimmermann Photography
Image 3: Johanna Thielges works intently on a piece of furniture. The selected veneer sheet is already prepared for further processing. Photo: Kevin Thielges