NIKARI- Narrated By Hands

Nikari’s story, of its products and its people, is most clearly expressed through the hands of our cabinet makers, who represent an ancient tradition of Nordic woodwork and craftsmanship that has been passed on through the generations for hundreds of years.

A wordless language

In a very real sense, a master cabinet maker thinks and talks with their hands, gaining an ever deeper understanding of their mysterious wooden medium which is only possible after years of accumulated muscle memory, through hard earned trial and error.

When the discussion is finally joined, wood and cabinet maker speak a wordless language — wood sits on the table immediately opening the conversation with its unmistakable strength, warmth and durability, while the carpenter responds and redirects with deft movements of the hand that secure and enhance these qualities on into the finished product. Like in all great collaborative conversations, the wood leaves its mark on the cabinet maker and the cabinet maker leaves their mark on the wood.