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Xavier Mas

He studied fine art and after graduating in 1990, he began working in contemporary art museums while exploring carpentry as a way to sustain his passion for painting and art projects. He began in the world of carpentry, creating sets for filming, while at the same time producing exhibitions at prominent museums such as MoMA, the Guggenheim and the Joan Miró Foundation.

Although his love of art was undeniable, and in fact he was awarded two FAD Prizes for the creation and direction of the project La Ciutat de les Paraules with the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, he decided to make a radical change and devote all his time and energy to woodworking: from being a part-time carpenter he went on to immerse himself completely in the art of cabinetmaking.

At the beginning of this new phase, he was fortunate to come across two inspiring books and two exceptional masters. Georges Nakashima’s The Soul of a Tree and James Krenov’s A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook introduced him to the more artistic dimension of cabinetmaking and taught him to revere wood as an essential part of nature.

On the other hand, his two masters, Jacques Vanlommeren and Pere Mascarell, not only shared their technical knowledge with him, but also guided him to discover the human essence behind each piece of craftsmanship.

Wood became his true passion, and as he jokes, he has become a true ‘woodoholic’.

In 2021 he obtained the title of Master Cabinetmaker, an honour that the Generalitat de Catalunya awards to a single craftsman in the woodworking guild each year, in recognition of the excellence of his work.

published in Exágono