• Humans are at the centre of Laurent's carved sculptures
• His pieces intentionally feature visible chainsaw marks
• He exclusively works with local recovered wood

Laurent Turping worked in the luxury hospitality field for 20 years, before turning to wood carving. Returning to Luxembourg with his wife, he had to find a profession of his own. While cutting down a tree at his mother-in-law's house, holding a chainsaw for the first time, Laurent shaped a human head into the leftover trunk for fun. “Since then, chainsaw wood carving has become my language,” he says. Laurent developed his skills under a renowned wood sculptor in Germany. Today, he exhibits his works internationally. His human silhouettes are carved from local wood species found lying in the forest, never felled intentionally. Laurent carves his figurines with the same spontaneity he started his practice with.