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Peter Luisoni: The Master Wood Turner of Graubünden

High in the Prättigau valley of Graubünden, a craft is being kept alive entirely by hand.

Continuing a Craft by Hand:

A Lifetime at the Lathe

Peter Luisoni has been turning wood for more than half a century. He first stood at a lathe at the age of twelve and was taking on his first commissions by fourteen. With no formal apprenticeship for the craft in Switzerland at the time, he trained all the way to master level in Erbach, Germany — graduating with top marks — and was later honoured with the promotion prize of the Foundation for Graubünden Craft.

"The Graubünden country never let go of me." Peter moved his workshop back to the Prättigau, where he still lives and works with his family, looking out over green meadows and forest. His multi-storey workshop is full of lathes and machines, each with its own purpose — and every step thought through by hand.

All of his wood comes from the region and is air-dried in his own workshop. He works only with air-dried timber: it takes far longer, but it is the only way to preserve the resin and keep Arven — Swiss stone pine — wood's unmistakable Alpine scent. Long before sustainability was fashionable, nothing was wasted: offcuts are reused, and the shavings heat the workshop.

THE WARMTH OF THE ALPS, TURNED BY HAND

A vibrant field of pink Alpine flowers blooming in the pristine Swiss Alps, symbolizing the natural beauty and purity of Swiss-grown herbs

"Each spoon is shaped from slow-grown Engadine Arven wood — no two are ever quite alike."