This kuripe was created under the hands of Radek and Eliška, who live near the forests. During long walks, Radek finds naturally dead and dried elderberry wood, rosehip wood, scabbards or hawthorn. All parts of the production process that Radek undergoes together with the wood species are manual and non-machine – only small hand orzezy, knife, saw and sandpaper.
The final treatment is pure quality oils – camellia oil from tea tree plants, as Radek is a great teamaker, and safflower-thistle oil of domestic production. It beautifully darkens even light elderberry wood and allows to stand out natural drawing and character of wood. Sometimes the wood is also treated with a colorless varnish of high quality and health safety.
After the creator breathes a second life into the wood, his partner Eliška comes with her magic brush, who embellishes the wood with her grace and feeling, so this Kuripé dresses in beautiful colors and various details.
A few words of the Creator:
The visuality of the final product is largely determined by what each piece of wood allows me to do. I only follow the lines of the wood, establishing the shape that is needed for the application and functionality of the tepi and kuripe, but the basic shape of the wood is preserved. Whether it is various branching or natural drawings caused by the action of various organisms – fungi. Thanks to this, each creation is different and is the result of the originality of the environment, where like a seed it fell into the soil, germinated, took root, grew, lived its dream, perished and then called me... and continues to live his dream. His journey continues. The outer or inner diameters of the resulting pieces therefore differ, each individual grew as the environment allowed, and I cannot change that. I work with what is given to me and see where it can be reduced and where it is not. Everything in itself dreams its dream, and we only perceive its power and arrange for that dream to come to fruition. For this we have excellent tools – skillful human hands.
GRATITUDE
Radek and Eliška
