Jean-Paul Thiefels, a Luxembourgish wood sculptor born in 1952, has been creating works inspired by the material in all its truth and transformations for over twenty years. He works exclusively with dead tree trunks, marked by worms and decomposition, which he reveals without betraying their nature. His technique—based on recycling, manual polishing, and the exclusive use of beeswax—respects the integrity of the material while highlighting the unique expressiveness of its ‘flaws’. This is exemplified in the 2025 De Mains De Maîtres Biennale, where two cherry wood sculptures preserve the veins gnawed beneath the bark—like natural hieroglyphics. Far from concealing flaws, he magnifies them—contrasting raw and polished surfaces, hollow and solid, in a vibrant organic tension. The shape of the sculptures echoes the tree trunk itself—with its twists, hollows, and spontaneous growths. Through this approach, Jean-Paul Thiefels gives a second life to forgotten fragments of the forest—transforming them into biomorphic, sensual, and spiritual works. His art lies in a rare ability to listen to the essence of wood—revealed in the silent poetry of its metamorphoses.