Francis VEILLEROT, born 1958 Chiropteran console, Saint Hilaire des Landes - 2013 Steel, yew, walnut, elm. Unique piece, dated and signed under the top. High console structured by a cylinder in which a drawer is articulated, top made of assembled solid wood strips. Height 102 - Width 142.5 - Depth 38 cm --- Francis VEILLEROT, born 1958 In 1985, Francis Veillerot set up his first workshop as a cooperative of craftsmen in Ivry sur Seine. He changed direction in the 2000s, creating a line of solid wood furniture in a steel structure, then set up a second workshop in Seine et Marne in a former distillery. In 2006, he moved to Brittany and set up his third workshop in Fougères. He joined Ebénistes & Créateurs de Bretagne, an association that brings together some twenty Breton craftsmen to exhibit their work. Combining wood and iron, his guiding principle is simple: to create lasting objects by solid, noble materials. Shaping unique pieces of furniture with clean, sometimes unusual lines drawn freehand, Francis Veillerot explores all shapes, both accepted and unexpected, to create one-of-a-kind furniture. Brittany inspires Francis Veillerot first and foremost through his contact with unspoiled nature - his workshop nestled near a quarry offers a vision of granite blocks - but also through his encounters with other designers and cabinet-makers who share the same need to create in Brittany, thus provoking an emulsion of local talent.