Xavier Mennessier

Xavier Mennessier: Sculptor-Designer Xavier Mennessier's career reflects quality know-how and extraordinary creativity. His apprenticeship with the companions of duty in Reims marks the start of a talented career. His first professional experience at Betemps ironwork confirmed his taste for an original style creation with all types of architectural ornamentation. Xavier Mennessier then joined the Coubertin Foundation, which once again marks his work. This foundation promotes perfection through the quality of manual work. The metalwork-ironwork workshop enjoys an international reputation for carrying out exceptional work. Once again, Xavier Mennessier is accomplished in various works: ancient heritage and contemporary buildings, mastering both ancient techniques and avant-garde techniques. These various professional experiences obviously reinforced him in a perfect mastery of this profession but that would be nothing without a rich creativity. Thus, many trips around the globe have enabled him to perceive other methods of creation and to enrich his ideas of forms and techniques for the creation of objects in various metals. His work at the Forge de Style in New York and in France confirmed his passion for the profession, but it also marked a turning point in his life. Xavier Mennessier decides, thanks to his know-how and the wealth of his experiences, to create his own unique pieces in a style linked to his great passion, aviation. Aviation inspires him, and defying the raw nature of the material, he creates works by diverting pieces steeped in history. An invitation to travel and freedom.