Ateliers SP

Ateliers SP were honored with the 2025 FORMÆ Award in the Savoir-Faire category, presented at the 11th edition of the rendez-vous de la matière.

In the Perche region, Ateliers SP embodies an ambitious vision of French craftsmanship. Founded by Elise Blouet-Ménard, the company brings together artisans with rare skills—tabletterie, straw marquetry, leatherwork, guillochage—around a common goal: to create a dialogue between precious materials and contemporary design.

Frédéric Hamel, a cabinetmaker trained at the École Boulle, works with mother-of-pearl, fossilised wood, shagreen and rock crystal, which he guilloches and assembles like jewels. Audrey Legeay enhances leather through sheathing, embossing and saddle stitching. Marianne Barrier, meanwhile, reinvents rye straw marquetry with supple, fluid and intensely colourful compositions.

Their pieces – objects, furniture, accessories and wall art – are designed in very limited series or made to measure for major brands (Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, Martell) and architects seeking something exceptional. Marsh wood, Russian leather from shipwrecks, mammoth ivory or meteorite: each material has a story to tell, each creation reveals a tradition of expertise and mastery.

Ateliers SP champions a committed vision, where the craftsman is at the heart of the project and innovation springs from the gesture. •

photos : Ateliers SP © Mathieu Lacroix