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Côme Landa

Passionate and self-taught, Côme began working with wood more than 6 years ago and founded his company CLB DESIGN after working in quality in the agri-food industry, logistics and the organization of cultural events.

Always looking for innovation, he likes to create his objects to meet a need or a desire design.

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Practical – Cutting and assembly 2

Come to practice

Assemblage-Bois_Atelier-Location-Cours-Stage-Menuiserie-DIY-Outils_L'Etablisienne-ParisYou have discovered the different techniques of cutting and joining wood at a first workshop. Come to practice by conducting A to Z of an object from plans supplied and pre-cut materials.

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Woodworking: Traditional joints by hand

Dovetail, tenon-mortise and half-wood

ETABLISIENNE  During this 3-hour workshop, you will learn how to draw and realize three types of traditional joints: a tenon-mortise with a shoulder; a half-wood; a dovetail.

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Making workshop

You need help to make your own piece of furniture ?

Fabriquer à l'Etablisienne

A coffee table, headboard, lamp, stool …?

Whatever the furniture or object that you want to make yourself, we invite you to come in the workshops of L’Établisienne.

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Do I restore or not ?

You wish to restore a piece of furniture, but you don’t know where to begin ?

TEtablisienne Restauration de meublehis course aims at teaching how to observe your pieces of furniture : the style, manufacturing, materials used… Restoring a piece of furniture is also respecting the original manufacturing. Read more…

Make your own stool

Make your own stool during a workshop

It will take you five sessions to make this stool designed by Marie Siudak, especially for this class cycle.

Tuesdays 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th October at 7pm

These workshops will give you the opportunity to immediately implement the various achievements.

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Workshop and “A la carte” Coaching

Atelier accompagné à l'Etablisienne

Just some one to advise, to show you and to help you when you need or a one-to-one apointement with an expert, you can choose the kind of coaching you want

Find out the schedule list of workshops together: manufacturing and restoration

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A workshop in Paris dedicated to DIY, decorating, restoring, creating, personalizing, manufacturing…

A unique place dedicated to make-yourself, furniture and housing.

A self-service workshop, a shop, a consignment, a relaxation area for documenting and inspire you.

Workshops

atelier-stages_l-etablisienne_paris_adrien-daste-fondation-EYCourses to start or improve in the areas of furniture, the decoration and the house to yourself, out of curiosity or for the sake of learning.

Group lessons two hours or one day, weekly sessions, workshops and multi-day lessons are offered in workshops equipped and dedicated to the practice.

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Wood : carpenter, cabinet-maker…

A material long used by men

Wood has always been favored for construction, furnishing, or for insulation or heating. Mulberry bark was used for paper by the Chinese. Also, wood always had an important place in art.

  • Construction :

Wood is an essential material in architecture, used in every type of construction from parquet floor to framework. Houses and buildings are always more or less made of wood, as well as pieces of furniture, boats, musical instruments...

Wood is used so much because it has many benefits : robust, insulating, durable, ecological thanks to sustainably managed forests, also pleasant to use. Moreso, some problem inherent to its use have now been counteracted : for instance, wood-eating organisms are now disposed of with specific products.

  • Cabinet :

The cabinetmaker and the carpenter don’t work the same way. The carpenter makes pieces of furniture or solid wood structures, while the cabinetmaker, after having built a wood structure, covers it with a thin layer of fine wood, called veneer. The cabinetmaker ths has to pay attention to the different natures and shapes of wood all throughout the process of creation.

  • Marquetry :

Marquetry is another wood art, it’s a decor the marquetry cabinetmaker builds from veneer, after a drawing, in order to give them a particular shape. He then assembles them, forming a whole that will be pasted on a support, like a painting or a piece of furniture.

That art developed especially during the Trecento in Italia, then was used a lot for Louis XIV and Louis XV style furniture.

The different types of wood

  •  Trees :

Based on the weather, different trees develop and generate different types of wood. With a temperate climate, we will have conifers such as pine, and fir, or hardwood such as aspen or birch. Some, like fruit trees, among others, are not grown for their wood, like cherry for example, but they can still be useful in cabinetmaking and marquetry.

  •  Types of wood specific to certain uses :

 The most common types of wood

 Oak is the traditional type of wood for framework, along with chestnut and spruce, for they don’t rot. Oak was also used a lot in naval construction.

Charm and maple are very useful for heating, because they produce more heat per cubic meter than most types.

Cabinetmaking types of wood

 Cherry is a light brown wood that can replace mahogany, and is used to make solid furniture in carpentry, as well as veneering.

Walnut is a low density, colorful and veined wood, favored for veneering.

Maple is a very light, almost white wood, and one of the most favored type for cabinetmakers.

Plane tree is a light, solid and moisture resistant type, although a bit dificult to use sometimes.

Fir is a light and quite solid wood, used for solid furniture, and also for parquet floors and stairs.

Exotic wood, such as mahogany, ebony, yew and lemon tree, is especially used in marquetry[:] Read more…

Bernard Desportes

Bernard DESPORTES has been trained at the École Boulle in Paris.

Creator of contemporary or style objects, he manufactures pieces of furniture (inlaid or not), based on his inpiration and on order.

Miniaturist for over 20 years, he has also been trained in the U.S., where he has developed a special skill of making furniture in 1/12th scale, specifically destined to dollhouse collectors.

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Visit of the Établisienne by Marie Claire

A report made by Marie Clair idées to discover the Établisienne.

Wood lathe

Tour à boisTraining lathe is provided on request during a workshop .

This machine is available for rent  for € 1 additional hour.

Distance between centers: 410 mm

Height of centers: 152 mm,

Diameter 300 mm above the bench

Diameter 235 mm pitches in the tool holder.