Crafts to discover Provence

A faience manufacturer for three generations, this factory has been labelled a living heritage company (EPV), a state label, for the excellence of French know-how. The visit of the workshops allows to follow the complete manufacturing cycle. The initial mixture is made from raw quarry clays. It is then presented in the form of a coloured earthenware paste. In the modelling workshop, the parts are moulded one by one. They are then unmoulded, dried and deburred. The baking, known as biscuit baking, is carried out in an oven at 1,020°C. At the exit of the oven, the earthenware biscuit is glazed. The decoration is entirely hand painted, piece by piece. The second firing, called enamel firing, at 980°C, develops the brightness of the enamel and colours.

Manufacture of small mobile languet using reeds from Cogolin, whose vibrations produce sound, and the musicians adapt their wind instruments. 90% of production goes abroad, at the request of the greatest musicians in the world.

This is an experimental breeding enough to make it worthwhile! The visit is possible and guided by this élevage farming, which is not intended to raise pets or competitions but to produce wool producers, in a balance and for an environmental purpose recognised by State bodies. Founded in 1984, there are currently more than 50 llamas who flow from happy days and maintain forest, garrigues and land fallow over 33 hectares. The guided tour will teach you much about llamas: its origins, morphology, behavior, use, reproduction… But it will also allow you to approach the animals and visit the weaving shop. A proper visit!

Production of sheers for musical instruments.