Nathanaël Le Berre grew up in a small village in Burgundy, in a large house a little isolated from the world, spending his time imagining objects and making them. He was initiated into beauty by his grandfather, an architect of historical monuments, calligrapher, and specialist in the sacred painting of icons. He studied stained glass at the National School of Applied Arts and Crafts in Paris in 1998, then chose to devote himself to metalwork, encountering the ancient technique of brasswork and being immediately fascinated.
He completed his apprenticeship in the studio of sculptor Hervé Wahlen. In 2004 he set up his own workshop, acquiring the steel hammers and boxwood mallets that had belonged to Gabriel René Lacroix, the virtuoso copper maker of the 1920s. He set out, as he puts it, on the solitary path of creation.
Today his pieces are sought by private collectors, renowned interior architects, and luxury heritage brands. The finished work is marked by a quiet intensity, poised between tension and fluidity, weight and lift. Surfaces are polished, burnished, or patinated to enhance their tactile richness. Many of his forms carry sacred or symbolic resonance, reflecting his early exposure to religious art and iconography.
