Manufacture
A fabrication workshop rooted in know-how.
MULTI-MATERIAL FABRICATION & WORKSHOP KNOW-HOW (METAL, WOOD, COMPOSITES, RESINS, GLASS, CONCRETE, CERAMICS, TEXTILES, ETC.)
TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT & ADJUSTMENTS WITH CREATORS
MODELS, PROTOTYPES & MATERIAL TESTS
FULL-SCALE PRE-ASSEMBLIES & WORKSHOP VALIDATIONS (FORMS, TEXTURES, TONES, ASSEMBLIES)
SHAPING TECHNIQUES: METALWORK, JOINERY, MOULDING, LAMINATION, COMPLEX ASSEMBLIES
SUPERVISION OF DIGITAL MACHINING & CUTTING CARRIED OUT BY SPECIALISED PARTNERS (CNC, LASER, WATERJET, 3D PRINTING, 3D SCANNING) — COORDINATED & QUALITY-CHECKED BY CHD
SUPERVISION OF INDUSTRIAL FINISHES (POWDER COATING, VARNISHES, SURFACE TREATMENTS) IN COLLABORATION WITH CERTIFIED WORKSHOPS
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION, MARKING & LOGISTICS PREPARATION
COORDINATION WITH SPECIALISED PARTNERS DEPENDING ON PROJECT NEEDS
We give form to ideas: artistic engineering combining workshop skills, material expertise and fabrication precision.
Creating starts with seeing the artwork as a whole, then sculpting every detail. For over 25 years, CHD ART MAKER has been bringing creators’ visions to life as artworks, combining technical precision, exacting aesthetic standards and a workshop spirit.
Our work: fabricating unique artworks — sculptures, artistic or architectural installations — from prototypes to small moulded series, at every scale, combining artisanal know-how and digital technologies.
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We work in close dialogue with creators and project owners.
Material tests, texture and colour trials, adjustments of forms and assemblies. This project-based support allows us to advise, research and validate choices at the right time, and to ensure coherence between 3D modelling, mock-up, expected rendering and technical constraints.
In Montpellier, our workshop brings together a composites and resins laboratory (masters, moulds, castings), metal and wood areas, and a modular assembly floor where we build and pre-assemble artworks, test volumes, adjustments, textures and colours, and validate choices with creators before shipment.
A long-standing network of specialised partners — machining, CNC cutting, steelwork, powder-coating, surface treatments, logistics — completes this setup and enables us to adapt production capacity to project complexity. Artworks are then prepared to travel: packing, marking, technical documentation and coordination of logistics in France and abroad.
Awarded the “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” (EPV — France’s Living Heritage Label) since 2018, renewed in 2025, our workshop upholds a vision of “making” in which the intelligence of the hand, artistic sensitivity and technical precision come together in the service of demanding projects.
Possible deliverables
Execution drawings, prototypes & material tests, quality controls & validations, material / finish specifications, fabrication progress photos, assembly manuals, packaging plan & transport recommendations.
Related projects
Other expertise
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DIALOGUE WITH ARTIST / PROJECT OWNER
SITE & CONSTRAINTs ANALYSIS
FEASIBILITY & TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS -
SITE COORDINATION
INSTALLATION METHODS & SAFETY
LIFTING, FIXINGS & COMPLIANCE -
DIAGNOSTICS & PROTOCOLS
WORKSHOP / ON-SITE INTERVENTIONS
PRESERVATION & SECOND LIFE
