A senior craftsman with eyeglasses carefully smooths a wooden plank with a hand plane outdoors.

A focused senior craftsman with glasses and a bandaged wrist smooths a piece of wood with a sanding block in his outdoor workshop.

A close-up of a senior carpenter with a bandaged hand using a hand plane to smooth the edge of a wooden plank.

A senior craftsman with glasses sands a large wooden board while standing against a weathered wall under some foliage.

An elderly man wearing glasses carefully works on a woodworking project next to a rustic stone wall.

A senior man with glasses concentrates while carefully sanding a wooden surface in his workshop.

An elderly man with glasses and a bandaged hand carefully holds a traditional wood plane while standing outdoors.

An elderly male carpenter in a work coat carefully planes the edge of a wooden board with a hand tool.

An elderly man with glasses looks up from sanding a wooden plank outdoors under a tree.

A carpenter's hand carefully smooths a wooden plank with a sanding block, creating fine shavings in their workshop.

An elderly man with glasses concentrates on his craft, using a hand plane to smooth a wooden board.

A close-up shot of a carpenter's hand using a hand plane to smooth a wooden board, creating delicate shavings.

An elderly carpenter with glasses concentrates as he uses a hand plane to smooth a wooden board.

A senior craftsman with glasses smiles contently as he planes a piece of wood with a hand tool.

A close-up, detailed view of thick, natural fiber rope coiled and tied into bundles.

A close-up of two weathered, rustic hand tools with wooden handles resting on a log.

A vintage woodworking machine sits in a carpenter's workshop, surrounded by piles of fresh wood shavings and logs.

A rustic, weathered axe with a wooden handle rests on a tree stump covered in fresh wood shavings.

A collection of rustic woodworking hand tools, including a hammer and adzes, lie scattered among wood shavings on the floor.

A craftsman carefully guides a piece of raw wood through the blade of a band saw in a dusty workshop.

A close-up of a woodworking machine actively carving a piece of timber, sending wood chips and sawdust flying.

Close-up of a person in brown overalls using a vertical band saw to cut a piece of raw wood in a workshop.

A craftsman in a brown jumpsuit carefully traces a template onto a log with a marker in his workshop.

A close-up shot of a carpenter's hand guiding a piece of wood with bark along a belt sander in a workshop.

A woodworker in a brown jumpsuit carefully guides a long piece of wood through a band saw, with sawdust flying in the air.

Philippe Degroote

Traditional craftsmanship in Menorca, featuring its iconic handmade wooden chairs and distinctive doors. A timeless expression of the island’s Mediterranean heritage, local materials and rural architecture.

Artisan Carpenter