About Maçon
We Discover
by Holding
In French, maçon means mason: one who works with their hands to make things. Every one of our pieces travels through many hands before it finds the ones it was made for.
Our Practice
Carved by Hand,
Cast in Metal
Each piece begins as a sketch on paper. Next, the object is carved by hand, first in wax, then fine-tuned in metal. We work closely with a local foundry to cast the wax carvings in bronze, silver or gold, and each piece is then refined and polished in our studio.
Our Story
Drawn
Together
Hannah Woodard grew up in a wooded corner of Vermont, building tiny worlds from branches, leaves and stones from her forest. Alex Cohen grew up in New York, drawing all the time. At the dinner table, on road trips, in the margins of his school notes.
They met in a figure drawing class at RISD in 2008, eager freshmen at neighboring easels learning to make art together. They became close, but their journey was winding and it led them apart for a decade.
When they finally found their way back to each other, they married in 2023. Through it all, they never stopped making things for each other. Little objects that kept them connected over many years apart. Artifacts of love. This is how Maçon was born.