HEPNAR

Hepnar has been working with wood since the late fifties. He continues to be one of the most experienced woodworkers in the country. Due to his technical experience and his background, he was approached by a number of architects and designers. That's how he came to work on some wooden interior elements of the legendary Hotel Praha. Throughout his creative career, he gradually built his specific artistic code, which reached its peak mainly in the seventies. It was back then that his diverse lathed shapes, both the iconic candleholders and the unique lights, became the trademark of his work. Despite their decoration influence and what we can call new baroque, they still remain incredibly timeless. Archetypal, slender forms are minimalistic and decorative at the same time. Hepnar provided his pieces almost exclusively to the "Dílo" galleries, delivering them in limited editions determined mostly by the challenging process of crafting itself. Later, he refined his process of crafting into..