A marine carpenter in Marseille, Denis Borg explains the rarity of his trade and the need to pass it on through hands-on training.
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The Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, The Craft Project media association and journalist Sylvie Adigard have joined forces to launch a campaign to raise awareness of the art trades among schoolchildren: "Mon Métier Demain".
A specialist in vegetable lacquer, Nicolas Pinon tells The Craft Project about his journey, from Spain to Japan, to discover this ancestral craft.
The latest in a line of 6 generations of craftsmen, Takahiro Yagi talks to Raphaëlle Le Baud for The Craft Project about the tea caddies he makes in Kyoto.
Published in March 2024 in the Hors-Série métiers d’art of Connaissance des arts
Published in March 2024 in Connaissance des arts’ Hors-Série métiers d’art.
Researched, preserved and restored by skilled craftsmen, antique tools are not relics but peaks of technical intelligence at the service of tomorrow's practices.
Talking to Raphaëlle Le Baud, ceramic artist Emmanuelle Roule shares her love of multi-hand creation and her empirical approach to materials.
Inspired by paruriers and ennoblers, artist William Amor transforms waste materials into floral sculptures. Raphaëlle Le Baud talks to a poet of reuse.
Talking to Raphaëlle Le Baud, Patrice Leguéreau, head of the Chanel jewelry design studio, tells us how his passion for drawing led him to the Place Vendôme.
On December 6, 2023, UNESCO decided to inscribe Glassmaking on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
For the first time, the artist-researcher is developing her methodology in the Cognac region, thanks to a research and development program made possible by Métiers Rares.
Guillaume Féau, head of one of the company's historic decorative woodwork workshops, talks to Raphaëlle Le Baud about the history and prospects of this family-run business.
Speaking to Raphaëlle Le Baud for The Craft Project, Bryan Raquin, a passionate knifemaker, explains how he forges tools every day "that make people happy". A certain vision of work and his role as a craftsman.
Postface published in 2023 in the book “Lison de Caunes, la paille en héritage”, Editions du Regard.
Preface published in 2023 in the book “Passementeries, L’excellence Declercq Passementiers”, Texts by Catherine Deydier and photographs by […]
Published in 05/2023 by Connaissance des Arts (Hors-série Métiers d’art)
Published in 12/2022 by La Tribune des Arts Genève
Published in 09/2022 by Geste/s
Editorial published in 03/2023 by Madame Figaro
Published in 10/2023 by Marie-Claire Maison
Supported by the Bettencourt-Schueller Foundation, the Villa Albertine enables artisans of all disciplines to benefit from an exceptional creative and economic network in the United States.
Trained as a leatherworker at leading luxury houses, Robert Mercier has made a name for himself in the world of haute couture with his daring creations that sublimate leather in all its forms. He talks to Raphaëlle Le Baud for "The Craft Project".
In an interview with Raphaëlle Le Baud, Mathieu Bassée, Artistic Director of Studio Mtx, talks about his encounter with architectural embroidery and his career as a know-how designer.
Loïc Prigent is a journalist specializing in fashion. Talking to Raphaëlle Le Baud, he tells us how he entered the greatest haute couture workshops, camera in hand, and the extraordinary people he met there.
Inès Mesmar, interviewed by Raphaëlle Le Baud for The Craft Project, presents the ambition of La Fabrique Nomade, the association that makes it possible to integrate refugee craftspeople into the French craft ecosystem.
With Laurent Fichot, Eve George founded Atelier George, an experimental glass studio. Talking to Raphaëlle Le Baud, she tells us how she started to blow, to create with four hands.
Caroline Salagnac, professor of applied arts at the École Boulle, talks to Raphaëlle Le Baud. A teacher with a passion for philosophy, she talks about her relationship with transmission and the role of the crafts in spreading beauty.
Bruno Pavlovsky, President of 19M and Chanel Mode, talks to Raphaëlle Le Baud about how Chanel has breathed new life into fashion crafts, from the ateliers du Faubourg to the 19M gallery in Dakar.
Published in 12/2022 by Geste/s
