Ferenc CSÁSZI
Wall-mounted cabinet with a yoke design
1979
oak wood, sawn, planed, polished, fixed with dowels and woodworking adhesive, treated with parafin
Photo: SULYOK Miklós
CSÁSZI Ferenc
1932, Hajdúszoboszló, woodcarver
He worked as a wheelwright crafsman from 1954. He became a founding member and then the head of the Object-moulding Studio of the Ferenc Kölcsey Cultural Centre in Debrecen in the mid-1970s. Guided by the influence of László Péterfy, a sculptor, he began to preserve his wheelwright and cooper crafs and developed a furniture style inspired by the wheel structures of the Hungarian Great Plain. The starting point for his first furniture ensemble was the curved shape of the forage ladder used to close the body of carts. He used this curved shape to design a bench, a table, chairs and a wall shelf, for which he had a master blacksmith make the iron fttings. Tis was followed by a yoke, and then a dining-room set inspired by the design of the side of a cart. Outstanding among his works are his playground toys, belfries as well as his wooden grave-markers and headboards. He has received the titles of Applied Folk Artist and Master of Folk Art. He won the Golden Wreath Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
