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— Est. 2014 · Minas Gerais · Brazil
Objects of nature.
Each piece is carved once.
Owned for a lifetime.
№ 01 Rovere stool — European oak — 2024
— A few words
"We don't decorate spaces.
We bring the forest indoors —
one piece, one grain,
one breath at a time."
Wood Frame began in a small shed at the edge of a Minas Gerais forest. One carpenter. One chisel. One idea — that a well-made object should feel like it was always meant to exist.
Eleven years later, we are still a studio of three. We refuse mass production, because mass production refuses the grain. Every piece leaves our atelier with the marks of the hand that shaped it, the species that grew it, and the season it was sourced in.
If you are looking for fast, we are not for you. If you are looking for forever, welcome.
— Caio & Helena, founders
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Chapter I — Objects
Six pieces
in circulation.
A small rotating collection — each one hand-carved, numbered, signed on the underside. When they sell, we start again from a fresh block. Drag to explore.
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Chapter II — Materials
Four species.
No substitutes.
We work with four species, and four only. Each has a temperament, a density, a way of receiving oil. We learn them like old friends.
Quercus robur
Oak
Minas Gerais · Brazil
- Density0.75 g/cm³
- HardnessHigh
- FinishRaw oil
Juglans nigra
Walnut
Paraná · Brazil
- Density0.64 g/cm³
- HardnessMedium-high
- FinishDark wax
Fraxinus excelsior
Ash
Santa Catarina · Brazil
- Density0.68 g/cm³
- HardnessMedium
- FinishNatural soap
Tectona grandis
Teak
Bahia · Brazil
- Density0.66 g/cm³
- HardnessHigh
- FinishTung oil
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Chapter III — Craft
Four acts.
Six months. Sometimes longer.
I.
Sourcing
We walk the forests ourselves. Every tree is chosen standing, and never felled before its time. A single sourcing trip can take two weeks — and come back with nothing.
II.
Carving
The block is allowed to dry for 90 days before the first cut. Then the hand takes over — chisel, plane, rasp, palm. No CNC. No shortcut. The grain decides what is possible.
III.
Finishing
Three layers of oil, each one rubbed in by hand and allowed to cure for 48 hours. The surface is polished with beeswax until it feels warm. This is the slowest part. It cannot be hurried.
IV.
Delivery
Each object is wrapped in unbleached cotton, boxed in reclaimed cedar, and signed by the carver. A small card travels with it, telling the story of the tree it came from.
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Chapter IV — The Atelier
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A few kind words
Quietly noticed.
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A studio that measures time in grain rings, not quarters. Wood Frame is the most considered object brand to come out of South America in a decade.
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There is a hush around these pieces. You feel the forest before you feel the furniture. That is rare, and it is the whole point.
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No showroom. No catalogue. No rush. Wood Frame has rewritten what a Brazilian design studio can refuse to be.
— Bespoke
Want one
of your own?
Every Wood Frame object starts with a conversation. Tell us what you are imagining — a piece, a room, a whole home — and we will write back within a week.
or reach us at atelier@woodframe.studio · @woodframe.studio