The Story Leonardo Gravina
The Story
Leonardo Gravina
Handmade in Belgium — Collected Worldwide
Every table I create begins with a vision. Not a sketch, not a template — a vision. Something I can see clearly before the first drop of resin has been poured, before the first layer has set.
I am not a factory. I am a craftsman — every piece leaves my workshop with my name, my eye, and my hands.
My name is Leonardo Gravina. I work alone, by hand, from my atelier in Lanaken, Belgium.
I did not start in a professional workshop. I started in an apartment. The tools were modest. The space was small. But what I had — what I have always had — was an unshakeable sense of what I was working toward.
From the very beginning, I carried a goal. A piece I needed to create. A table that had to exist. One that would be worthy of the most important name in my life.
My son’s name. For years this table existed only in my mind — gilded in 24-carat gold, a masterpiece that would carry his name into the world.
Every technique I developed, every layer I mastered, every mistake I learned from was a step toward that table. When I finally created it — something shifted. Not just in my work, but in what I understood to be possible.
That table was not the end of something. It was the beginning.
What most people see is the surface — the depth of the resin, the movement of colour, the way light travels through the layers. What they don’t see is the hours of sanding, the precision of each pour, the days of curing.
I work with epoxy resin, natural gemstones, gold leaf, reclaimed wood, and materials that most furniture makers never touch. I combine engineering with artistry — because a beautiful table that does not last is not a table at all.
Each mix calculated to the gram — atelier Lanaken, Belgium
No templates.
No shortcuts.
Built by hand.
Built to last.
Signed. Unique.
Approved by you.
When you place a Leonardo Gravina table in your home, you are not simply acquiring a piece of furniture. You are acquiring the result of a journey — years of obsessive refinement, of refusing to settle for anything less than what the vision demands.
Every table is signed. Every table is unique. Every table is approved by you before it leaves my workshop.
Because that is how I have always worked. From the very first piece. From that apartment. From the beginning.
