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Julien Chaucheprat and Jérôme Pesant

After having devoted a large part of their respective careers in the outdoor industry, particularly in the textile sector for one, and for sixteen years in a large industrial carpentry company for Jérôme, both passionate about mountains and wood, they decided to embark on a unique project with the desire to change mentalities. Their mission: to make known the Shou Sugi Ban technique, its environmental benefits, as well as its textured aesthetics.

Their creations are based on three essential principles:

Wood: a material 12 times more insulating than concrete, it is economical, renewable, healthy and has a low ecological impact.

Shou Sugi Ban: this burnt wood technique increases the natural durability of wood by making it resistant to bad weather, insects, UV rays and humidity, without requiring chemicals. Used outdoors, burnt wood, simply treated with a natural oil, can last a century, according to Japanese tradition.

Wabi-Sabi: an aesthetic concept that values ​​the beauty of imperfection and the natural aging of materials, thus respecting their environment without human intervention.

Shou Sugi Ban thus becomes much more than a method of preserving wood; it is an art of living, a philosophy and a true aesthetic expression.

Today, their factory is nestled in a forest sanctuary in Burgundy. Jérôme and Julien select their logs with care and attach great importance to their transformation. They consider themselves artisans of black art burning.