2024

SPELENHAUER – SPIESS

Arts and crafts

Dominique Spiess is a ceramist and Christian Fuchs, poêlier. They are artisans. Experts and associates too! They are among the last irreducible manufacturers of earthenware stoves in France, "stoves made from end to end and only from traditional", please remember Dominique Spiess. Their achievements are customized according to the tastes of each of their clients. They develop a project, advise. This careful fabrication, this work that demands patience and precision is punctuated by several steps. Project development completed, place to completion. To work well, you need good tools and materials. As a mason needs his cement, his two craftsmen use as a base material, clay. It is used to restore old stoves that are 200 to 300 years old. In other words, to make the nine with old! Other essential materials, tiles for carreaux tiles and bricks. Manufacturing requires some time… But it takes three weeks of workshop and three weeks for the jobsite. Their tiled stoves are visible in some historic sites, including the castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg. Their references are prestigious, from industrialists to the Kersauson family in Brittany, to castles in the Béarn, they bear witness to undeniable know-how and quality. If, however, you were in the vicinity, take the time to discover the work of these craftsmen so discreet and whose work deserves more praise!

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