Maison Intègre

Maison Intègre is an Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso-based bronze workshop fostering West Africa's long lineage of craftsmanship. Founded by Ambre Jarno in 2017, Maison Intègre's Burkinabe artisans carry on the lost wax bronze casting technique that has largely remained unchanged since its inception millennia ago.

In 2022, the studio built a comprehensive workshop to support the artisanship of fifteen artisans, a meaningful step to protect the craft traditions and provide a livelihood for the artisans. Jarno cultivates dialogue between the artisans of Maison Intègre and bronzesmiths of her native France, who have had the opportunity to visit the workshop in Ouagadougou to share their respective time-honored techniques.

Maison Intègre invites contemporary designers to develop pieces or cohesive collections. The inaugural collection brings the artisans in conversation with Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance to create a collection of seven sculpture pieces that embody and draw inspiration from the vernacular architecture and design of Burkina Faso.