L'Enfant Sauvage



So there we were, me and Erunise, on a lovely afternoon, thinking of what artwork to do. And while we were thinking, we could almost see the sound waves of Gojira's album rippling through the Sun rays. Everything was still for a moment, we looked at each other and, without saying a word, we started laying out the tools for this new wood project.

L'Enfant Sauvage is the name of an awesome Gojira album. Mario Duplantier, the band's drummer, adorns with his artwork the visual representations of Gojira's message to the world. One of the most representative drawings is the L'Enfant Sauvage, which in translation from French to English means "The wild child".  However, it's meaning is deeper than that. Gojira guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier stated about the album title: "We couldn't call it 'The Wild Child', because it's hard to translate 'L'Enfant Sauvage'. It's not really the wild child as understood in English, [...]. 'L'Enfant Sauvage' in French… 'Sauvage' is something that is not educated or something that is like free and completely free in nature. A wild flower that goes wherever she wants and becomes something beautiful. The idea with 'L'Enfant Sauvage' is like with a human that would grow up in nature, raised by wolves, for example, without the influence from others and the influence from institutions or society in general. Without a social security number. Not even a name. This is what you are and I am on the inside, right? How much the education and the culture, emotions and the guilt are interacting with us and it changes us and how far are we from this pure child inside? That's the question we had on this album."

Items needed:

  • Piece of wood
  • Drilling machine
  • Sandpaper
  • Pyrography Tool


1. Slice the branch to the size of the necklace and use a copy paper to transfer the drawing from a paper to the wood.

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2. Burn the drawing onto the wood with a phyrografy tool

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3. Drill the hole for the string.

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4. Enjoy!

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L'Enfant Sauvage, 2015, Woodburn on pine, Zenith Adriana and Erunise

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