Arts and crafts Vienne

In this art grocery store, you will find crafts and artistic creations, unique pieces imagined by about thirty designers to give a touch of fantasy to your home or to your outfit. Enter the house of the sweet Carine Souriau and discover her selection of poetic, offbeat and colorful objects. Installed on antique furniture, jewelry, bags, kits of all kinds, textiles, lighting, decorative objects and baby accessories abound. In the tea room, don't hesitate to pick from the delicatessen products.

SAlon de thé, GAlerie d'art, BOUtique de créateurs? What is Mi-SaGaBou and is it really so important to label it? For Marie Rousseau, owner of the place, the most important thing is that you feel good. Here, the arts are combined with lunch and tea time. In this townhouse, refurbished to welcome us, artists and creators, local or not, come to exhibit their production. Jewelry, candles, frames, clothing for all: there are many gift ideas that parade according to the seasons.

It's a showcase for some fifteen local artisans, a concentration of original creations! In the store and garden, you won't know where to turn. There are gift ideas to suit all tastes and budgets. Inside, pottery, leather goods, jewelry, soap, hats, bags, paint, wooden toys, ceramics, glass flowers... Colours, materials and shapes delight the eye. Outside, you'll find unique sculptures. Every day, a designer takes it in turns to run the store, providing an opportunity to talk about his or her craft and passion.

The ARTelier de la Gartempe is Sylvie Edeline who offers courses and courses of painting, ceramic sculpture and calligraphy. Sylvie paints abstract landscapes, a kind of invitation to escape and reflection. And that's what it invites you to do if you decide to start the adventure. Trained at the National School of Decorative Arts in Limoges, she shares her passion with young people in the Vienna department and adults wishing to participate in the courses. Ceramic modelling, raku cooking, you will learn different modelling techniques (stretch, columbian, plate, blur, etc.). But Sylvie will also introduce you to the artist's book, notebook of notes, where his thoughts and plastic notions blend. Children's workshops are also possible. They can discover pictorial techniques, calligraphy, etc.

In her workshop-boutique, Fanny Laugier creates porcelain creations in a contemporary style, very pure, with graphic motifs or with material effects. Made with a plate, she spreads the clay which is then cut, folded and assembled to form a vase, a plate, a bottle... Finally, everything is fired in a kiln at the back of her workshop, at high temperature. The cups or mugs, with their corrugated cardboard effect, are astonishing by their raw and fragile side. His creations can also be found on the tables of several gastronomic restaurants.

Laurent Fournier first fell in love with the gestures of the woodturner. When he retired, he trained with a professional craftsman in Chauvigny. He will never let go of his tools and starts in 2019. He chooses the wood carefully, working with local wood or exotic species whose origin he ensures. Each piece he designs is turned by hand. He creates a custom-made, unique object: wood species, shape, colors... the possibilities are numerous. Pen, fountain pen, razor, corkscrew, salad bowl, bowl, jewelry ... you choose.

Born into a family of ceramists, Delphine Richard has taken up the torch and now offers her ceramic creations. She turns the material, sculpts it, then adds color. All stages are carried out by hand, including glazing. She makes tableware (dishes, bowls, salad bowls, mugs, cups, vases, trivets, etc.), as well as decorative objects. She makes a wide range of animals, your coat of arms, and custom numbered plaques for your home, with your street number and the design of your choice.

The only glassblower in Poitou, Floriane Tourrihles set up her workshop-boutique in Lavausseau in 2019. She designs and manufactures glasses, goblets, vases, decanters... She also makes colorful jewelry from glass beads. She shows her work in glassblowing with a cane (when the kilns are on) or the second technique of glass spun with a blowtorch. She loves to share her passion for her craft with others.

It is there, just beside the Saint-Pierre church, behind the gate, that birds come to nest and peck in the very beautiful colored potteries of Angélique. Hanging in the garden, next to the Japanese maple tree that gives its name to the workshop, nesting boxes and feeders are sure to catch your eye. On each one of them, she has woven patterns, playing sometimes on the matt, sometimes on the shiny. Validated by the LPO, resistant to frost, they will find a place of choice in your garden. Unique pieces at nice prices to bring back as a souvenir of Chauvigny.