Steel workshop — Brazil

Pieces
in steel,
made by hand.

Furniture, bathtubs and objects cut, shaped and oxidised at the bench, in the workshop's own time. No industrial mould: the surface of each piece keeps its own history.

Working steel through manual processes, seeking to guide and control the marks oxidation leaves over time, in the open air of the workshop.

Galpón is an open workshop: pieces are born in the sketchbook, cross the bench and come out with their seams in plain sight. Oxidation is not hidden — it is guided, patch by patch, to the exact tone, and then sealed with varnish.

These are pieces made to last and to age well — bathtubs, furniture and objects — drawn case by case with the person ordering. Listen and understand, so you can create.

Get to know the workshop

Sketchbook open on the bench, with drawings and colour notes — Sketchbook — where every piece begins

The bathtubs

Catalogue

The seating

Armchairs & chairs

Chaise Antuñes

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L 198 × W 80 cm

A sheet folded in a zigzag, no leg and no frame. Quilted wool mattress.

Lánuda Chair

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H 85 × W 60 cm

A tall cantilevered backrest and a seat of raw wool spilling over the edge.

Gomada Armchair

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H 100 × W 80 cm

A sheet folded into three planes, integrated arms and a quilted wool seat.

Manifesto

“Be a maker, design and function.”

Victor R. R. Mendes — maker at Galpón

Every order starts with a conversation. The piece is drawn for your space, your use, your time — and it leaves the bench signed by the person who made it.

Talk to the workshop

Victor R. R. Mendes walking through the field beside a Galpón piece

A new piece leaves the bench every week. Process, behind the scenes and orders at @galponlabruja Follow on Instagram

The bathtubs

Vitoria

Antonieta

Bacio

The seating

Chaise Antuñes

Lánuda Chair

Gomada Armchair