Atelier Naïté
Atelier Naïté (아뜰리에 나이테) is a one-person woodworking studio with a dream. One day, Atelier Naïté will establish a non-profit initiative that will help disadvantaged people work and create together. Woodworking is a soothing and healing experience in this turbulent world. To fashion a finished hand-crafted wood product is a demanding, multi-part process that requires vision, patience and perseverance. The resulting joy and delight of both this process and finished product is priceless.
As a woodcrafting woman, I deeply appreciate and cherish the uniqueness and value found in trees, and the wood they provide as the sole material for my work. I approach these materials with great care, treating every piece with gratitude and respect, never wasting scrap but finding new use for each. As my woodworking mentor taught me, it takes a long time to grow a tree; even leftover pieces can be made beautiful.
At Atelier Naïté, I give my best to create wooden products that will bring warmth, natural beauty and enjoyment from God’s creation. I have found purpose and pleasure knowing people can experience my products and appreciate its form and function through daily use.
SunYoung Baik
Born and raised in South Korea, SunYoung Baik (백선영) arrived in Canada in 2013. But in 2023, she moved back to her country in a tiny town of HyuCheon-myeon, HamYang-Gun of KyeongSangNam-do, southern part of Korea. She trained as a woodcraft artist at Studio Sotby (목공방 솥비) in South Korea and with master woodcrafter Tokimatsu Tatsuo (時松辰夫) at Atelier Toki Design Institute (アトリエときデザイン研究所) in Yufuin, Japan. Concurrent to these studies, SunYoung worked for 14 years in the marketing and communication fields in South Korea. While she still has lots to learn, she hopes to express the joy and natural beauty found in God’s creation, and share the story and gift of wood through her humble work.
Naïté [Na-i-te]
The brand which is neither English or French, even with its accent markings. It is an original word created by me. Accent Tréma ï and Accent Aigu é are intended to articulate the pronunciation of a very similar Korean word ‘나이테’. ‘나이테’ means ‘Growth Ring’ in Korean, pronounced as [Na-i-te].