Work by Paul Bourgeois, one of the featured artists in the exhibition Still Life at Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, and Huis De Uil, Temse, both Belgium, until 10 January. www.lachaert.com & www.vigiland o.be

The quiet pleasures of whittling versus the frenzied sounds of the chainsaw might be at opposite ends of the sound spectrum, yet for Italian architect and designer Michele De Lucchi the move from sharpening pencils with a penknife to picking up a power tool was driven by the same joy: shaping ...