Incollect Magazine - Issue 14

78 www.incollect.com our production is all artisanal, bearing no resemblance to industrial bronze casting by rolling. The guiding principle is constant improvement in the quality of the finished products.” Millot, 61, says she never imagined that one day she would be a furniture designer, let alone the owner-operator of a foundry. She grew up in the Franche-Comté region of France, and later moved to Paris to study and work in the fashion industry as a brand stylist. Then changes in her personal life led her to step away from fashion and return to her family roots in eastern France. “During that time, I reconnected with my future husband, who ran a third-generation foundry, FODOR, so I decided to join him. That encounter with the foundry redirected my life and my creative path.” She began working alongside her husband in the foundry in 2000. “I immediately loved the atmosphere of the workshops, where a centuries-old artisanal craft is still practiced. We cast and finish every piece by hand.” She developed a desire to create her own designs in bronze, beginning in 2007. “After producing a few tableware pieces, I had an opportunity to participate in the PAD design fair in Paris in 2010, exhibiting with Avant-Scene Gallery. I created a bronze console with palm wood and a bronze and horsehair stool. The eager interest shown by interior decorators marked the beginning of the creation of my first, small collection of five pieces.” All her pieces are made at the FODOR foundry. Some are then sent to specialized workshops for subcontracting: polishing, surface treatment, gilding, silver plating, cabinetmaking, upholstery, and leatherwork. “Weight was my first Inspired by couture fashion, the “Link “Coffee Table, 2023 and “Link” Side Table, 2023 are executed in 2-tone bronze; a semi-polished top with legs in black patina.