The Singaporean carpenter who built two chairs specially for Pope Francis
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I was surprised! I’d been doing furniture for years, but I had never made a chair. I felt a little bit intimidated. I looked at the chair, and I thought, ‘This is a simple chair,’ but it was a very challenging design. The client had given me a lot of details, and I spent a lot of time understanding their needs and preferences.
“He paused for a while and said, ‘It’s for the Pope.’ I was like, ‘Sorry? Who?’ He (repeated himself): ‘For the Pope.’”
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