Arts and crafts Châteaux de la Loire

A small Ali Baba's cave for art and craft lovers! In this small store located at the entrance of the Vieux-Tours, you can enjoy the collections that evolve with the seasons. Brooches and other unique earrings: you can embellish your style with the original accessories presented. You can also choose decorative elements that are out of the ordinary, with the small marine worlds of Céline Chevrel or the acrylics on coasters of Mam Kaan... Little treasures within your reach, the assurance of not seeing these objects in everyone's home.

Built in the ^15th century, Adam's house, which takes its name from the statues of Adam and Eve that were once on the facade, is one of the most beautiful wood panelled houses in France. Today it houses an atypical shop on three levels, with works by more than 80 artists: globes, ceramics, compasses, watches... it is difficult to choose! You will also find tapestries, copies of famous paintings and several originals by Maricke. In the basement, the blown glass and cut crystal creations will leave you in awe.

Created in 1974, on the site of a former farmhouse of the twelfth century beautifully restored - Domaine de Mestré - this traditional soap factory exploits ancestral know-how and factory, according to the method of marseille, the soaps with vegetable oils 100% no chemical additive. Copra or palm, olive oil, essential oil in their variety... The soap factory offers a good selection of toiletry products 100% plant, soap cut to the internet or cash for the shower in the bath foam and the shampoo via toiletries waters to the floral notes. In the shop, it is an explosion of flavours! A stroll here with pleasure. Allow around €9 for a soap of 100 G to olive oil (fern, lavender, thyme, pink...) or from €14 for 250 G. Soap to shave 50 G from €23.50. A water for the 15 ml. Passing through the region: the shop will seduce you. With classes ammunition? An online store, on the Internet, is available to buy the famous soaps from the Dauge family to you.

In the heart of Couture-sur-Loir, Geneviève Naudin welcomes you in his workshop. An expert of the eye, she has no such thing to transform a banal wall into a cloud, forest, landscape or mirage depending on your taste. She knows better than anyone restoring a new life to your old furniture or it can create with you according to your wishes. The light wood of a furniture will turn into heavy stone and a piece of iron will take the patina of the wood. Geneviève travels to transform, decorate, rehabilitate an interior, a bedroom, a kitchen, a desk, transform a place of reception, a restaurant, it realizes frescos according to your desires and your tastes. Everything is allowed. You can also discover and purchase its achievements in the gallery of the Atelier du Liseron in Tours.

This friendly potter will receive you in his studio where you can discover the extent of his art of clay. Its mounting deck, its turned-out tower, is under its expert hands that life is taken in an unending round of multiple objects. But you will need to go through drying, cooking, enamel and finally cooking. before this land becomes a vase. It will join the other exhibits displayed throughout the year in the store adjacent to the workshop.

Created in 1937, the Basketwork Cooperative is the largest French manufacturer of wicker basketry. It controls the entire production process, from the cultivation of the wicker to the marketing of the manufactured articles. It has been awarded the distinction Entreprise du patrimoine vivant (Living Heritage Company). Its entire range of products is certified Origine France Garantie. Around fifty basket makers make up the cooperative, some of whom have been awarded the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France).

Opened since 2000 and recently moved to Cuttlefish-sur-le-Loir, Eric Boucher's glass plant specialises in the restoration of stained glass windows. In addition, his extensive experience in the sector led him to create more personal works related to the work of glass, notably with various sculptures playing with variations on glass and light. Visit the website of the workshop to take a look at their news and creations.

A workshop where you can bring your furniture and make them decorated by the Alexandrine expert stroke. A chair, a wardrobe, an office that you want to illuminate colors, flowers, a wall that one wants to turn through a trompe: this is where you need to get information. You can even take a few courses with Alexandrine.

Guardians of a tradition that guarantees exceptional quality, Sylvie Buschhoff and her son Jara perpetuate an ancestral know-how. They are the specialists in everything related to the world of horses. Whether it is for leisure, sport or work, they make everything necessary such as collars for driving, harnessing or saddles. In addition to activities related to the equestrian world, there is also a restoration workshop for seats and hoods of horse-drawn or motorized vehicles as well as custom-made leather goods.

The bauges, the haunts of wild animals, have given their name to these clay soils that have inspired men. In the 19th century, there were dozens of terracotta craftsmen in Les Rairies, and the Le Croc workshop continues the tradition. A tour offers to discover an authentic know-how and to understand the work of the terracotta. The tours, which reveal a rare collection of wood-fired tiles, have saved the brickworks from oblivion!

Sophie creates and restores stained glass windows on request for individuals, public and religious buildings. She designs them with so-called cathedral glass and mouth-blown glass, both for all shapes of openings and for decorations. Each stained glass window is unique. She tries new techniques such as fused glass, a new way of expressing herself.

History. OA 1710 is world-renowned for its perfect mastery of tin work and is particularly renowned for its Champagne buckets (polished solid tin). This house of excellence has been awarded the Entreprise du patrimoine vivant distinction.

In 1710, Antoine Alègre, the first tinsmith of his line, settled as a master tinsmith in Angers and founded the Etains d'Anjou which would become the "Orfèvrerie d'Anjou" and today the Maison OA 1710 / Orfèvrerie d'Anjou. She is naturally solicited for the creation of exceptional objects and works under contract for the greatest houses: Taittinger, Bollinger, Moët & Chandon, Rémy Martin, Hennessy, Baccarat, Guerlain, Hermès, Moulin Rouge...

Products. Champagne bucket and its accessories: knife and sword, vases, funnels for decanting wine, knife holders, candlesticks, reissues (tea set, traditional champagne bucket). It also creates unique pieces in very small series by collaborating with large design signatures.

Patrick Mériguet is a recognized artist who has won numerous awards both in France and abroad. Whether in stainless steel or bronze, he can create a sign for a craftsman or a monumental ensemble for a traffic circle like the one at the entrance to the village. A jack-of-all-trades, he can create a comfortable steel armchair as well as a realistic or abstract sculpture that will be the soul of a park, the object that will symbolize a company or a personalized weathervane.

Come and discover the creative world of Marie Connan, an accomplished mosaic artist based in Saint-Barthélémy-d'Anjou. In her studio, she imagines and creates decorative objects for the interior and exterior of your home, as well as for businesses. Whether for a bathroom, kitchen, pool or terrace, Marie creates all types of decorative mosaics. She also restores your old mosaics with the utmost care. A former student at prestigious schools such as Esmod, Boulle and Beaux-Arts, Marie regularly shares her know-how at creative workshops for children, adults and associations.

Bruno Levêque is a craftsman in a class of his own, a master of meticulousness. This enthusiast excels in the field of heraldry and has been awarded the title of "Meilleur ouvrier de France" during his career. You wish to have a pendant, a ring or any other piece of jewelry engraved? Bruno and his collaborators offer you an impeccable work. Engraving in intaglio, in relief, on fine stones, dare to share the motif or inscriptions of your choice. The store also offers ready-to-be-engraved supports (medals, bracelets...).

Villaines-les-Rochers is home to the Vannerie Romand'art workshop. Catherine Romand, who graduated from the basketry school in 1981, offers unique creations in art basketry. Creations include furniture, baskets, cradles, live wicker and sculptures. Romand'art basketry can work on projects from all over France. Recent creations include a 4-meter diameter lampshade, an illuminated sculpture and a new-generation bench for cities. The workshop also offers courses for those wishing to learn basket-making techniques.