Complex sentence: In 1971 he moved with his wife, Miriam, and two young children to Janville, a small town south of Paris, where he started making little objects, "things," as he liked to call them.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1971 he moved with his wife and two young children to Janville, a small town south of Paris. He started making little objects, "things," as he liked to call them.