To create her uniquely elegant woven handbags, Bénédicte Magnin-Robert uses, not the core of the thin willow branches traditionally used in basket making, but rather the thin strips of outer bark. Her production is limited to 20 bags a year, and the waiting list is growing!

Stepping into Silver Sentimenti’s atelier is stepping into a world bubbling with creative energy. Newly settled in his farmhouse turned workshop in the Normandie countryside, Silver explains the imaginative and artistic processes that are the foundation of his work.