What Is Fretwork? The History Behind Hand-Carved Wood Screens
Fretwork is the craft of cutting ornamental, openwork patterns into wood, turning a solid screen into a play of light, air, and shadow. From the latticed windows of Jodhpur to the mashrabiya of Morocco, a Romanian castle, and one quiet terraced house in south London, Alpesh traces how the same idea kept appearing wherever makers wanted privacy without walls.
Small moments of art
What does it feel like to move through a life where the objects around you carry some trace of thought? From the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi to twenty years of hand-carving fretwork in South London, Alpesh shares a belief that sits at the heart of everything Bombay Design Co. makes.