Arts and crafts Champagne-Ardenne

Ghislaine SUQUET welcomes you in his studio where she restores gold objects such as frames, consoles, trumeaux… and where she performs gold, silver and copper foil on interior frames and decor. On a visit or on one of the open days, she proposes to follow her meticulous gestures, giving back to ancient objects their splendour of yesteryear or on the contrary giving them back the pâtine whose time they flattered. of a doreuse for whom the laying of gold leaves has no secrets.

Daniel NAHLES is very young for the work of wood and studies, successively, cabinetmaking, wood carving and finally restoration of antique furniture. Combining the ancestral methods of wood work with modern techniques, Daniel NAHLES carries out, at your request, furniture and other interior fittings. He was honoured with the 2nd SEMA Regional Prize and entrusted among other achievements, which you can admire in your ardenes ardenes, the door of the Church Church or even the entrance hall of the restaurant Les 2 bouchons at Charleville Mézières.

With 37 years of continuous training, research and experience in customer service, Roger-Pierre DURRACQ, often distinguished by AWARDS SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENTAL AND REGIONAL SEMA, the Rogissart Prize awarded by the Academy of Sciences or an Officer in the order of Academic Palms, restores antique furniture and art objects from the 17 th and 18 th centuries as well as from the th and th centuries. high-time furniture. As a professional, he first made a diagnosis of the condition of the furniture, his style and his dating before he made his restoration in the respect and guarantee of his authenticity. Each of his interventions is accompanied by a project study, but also by mock-ups and a quotation.

Bruno Dufraine has been a carpenter-cabinetmaker since 1993. After obtaining a BEP Carpenter and a BAC Professional Cabinet and having been employed for 18 years in a craft company, he created his business in Aire in the Ardennes. Its clientele, located throughout the Champagne-Ardennes region, consists of both individuals and businesses or communities, for which it manufactures, manufactures, installs or restaurant, stairs, windows (not exclusively Bois, but also PVC, Aluminium, Wood and Aluminium), wooden floors and furniture (kitchen, bathroom, bibiliothèque, room…).

If the atelier of Thierry Mortier has so much success, he owes it to the quality of his work and achievements, both in terms of creation and restoration. The profession-bourrelier profession consists of filling and repairing the interiors of cars, but also the selles of motorcycles. It repairs or creates condoms and side. In forums (forum. fatclub. fr for example), its clients have no praise for it and circulate its coordinates. And when we know the demand of the owners of beautiful motorcycles or mythical cars, we do not doubt the talents of Thierry Mortier.

After ten years of experience in carpentry and cabinetmaking, Michel Dean is passionate about the wood filming. It creates many utilitarian but also decorative objects, which earned it the third departmental SEMA Prize (the Société d'métiers des métiers d'art (the INMA is the National Institute of crafts). It creates unique pieces and restores with passion all the antique furniture that its clients entrust to it. He participates in days featuring local crafts and sometimes turns into master of traineeship to convey his knowledge to passionate amateurs. The courses take place in the workshop in Condé-les-Herpy and take place in three sessions. You have to bring a top of chair away from his old cannage, the cane is provided. For internships, visit www.plantesetsavoirsenardennes.eklablog.com which will let you discover the other activities offered or contact the workshop.

With a CAP mention of binding art, Catherine HUBERT then formed at Marie-Maud FLEURY, which also performs in the Ardennes. Since then, it has made binder, leather or canvas binders for different kinds of books, such as comics, partitions, or magazines… It also creates personalized books, photo albums… whether it be here for professionals or individuals.

François Quinart owns a bookstore, and he buys your books and even your entire libraries. He also runs two workshops, one for typography and the other for bookbinding, reviving your old books by restoring their used or even totally destroyed bindings. Twinned with the bookshop, an exhibition space, the "Galerie Caractères" is at the disposal of artists such as painters, illustrators, photographers, sculptors and craftsmen for a specific exhibition, a presentation, with the possibility of organizing vernissages, meetings, or any other artistic event...

Maurice Ben Meyer is a horloger-jeweller but above all manufacturer and restaurant maker of clocks, chimes and antique clocks, in a word a goldsmith of everything that helps maintain and safeguard these magnificent old mechanisms. In 2008, his meeting with Pierre Hainault, a horloger of art at Charleville Mézières, marked an important turning point in his work life. The Carolomacérien horloger retired in 2007, without finding a successor. For one year

Maurice Ben Meyer will arrive every Thursday with Pierre Hainault. At the end of 2009, he ceded his Parisian company and in March 2010 he moved to the Ducal place where a commercial cell was released. Since then, the machines of his predecessor have taken over from the service for the greatest pleasure of the customer. Maurice Ben Meyer did not cut bridges with the capital, he travelled regularly to his brother Jeweller in Paris, who in turn maintained and restored the ancient jewellery.

Denis Hure offers a wide collection of small figures on the theme of war. He carries out his figurines in an alloy composed of lead, tin, bismuth and antimony. He also sells figurines to paint or painted as well as the materials necessary for them such as silicone mussels, alloys… On his site, you can find his catalogue of figurines and other products as well as presentations on techniques employed. 

Cyril Leclercq offers you its pre-press skills to create an original graphic creation in illustrations or comic strips, using traditional or vector techniques, in photomontage and matte painting. It can also guide you or accompany you in your communication projects, from creation to printing through the creation and/or execution of the graphic or logo charter…, publishing catalogues, magazines, press kits, booklets, brochures, posters, flyers, CD and DVD covers, stickers, Packaging and provide you with follow-up and advice on printing. in other words, it takes care of the latter for documents of all kinds. Moreover, it offers you its services for illustration, creating and realising those of your cards and menus. Its site will show you the palette of its skills and talents.

Self-taught with an experience of 35 years of practice and research and inscribed in the official directory of crafts of art as professional "inscribed on the inventory of rare crafts", Jean-Claude Renaud creates works that he grips on copper in soft size (hollow engraving). He then ink the matrix and prints on a press press his prints on paper paper, selling his works at the shop. It also offers guided tours by appointment, welcoming both adult and school groups, possibly in English.

Camille Schenkel is a decorative painter, she realizes all your projects to personalize your interior or your establishment. After an estimate, and in a few brushstrokes: trompe-l'oeil, panoramic, fake wood, fake marble, patinas and decorative coatings will appear on your walls or ceilings. You can also ask her to create portraits from photos, paintings, or painted furniture... And as she travels all over France and even abroad, and as she puts her services and talents at the service of private individuals as well as professionals, all you have to do is let such a desire mature.

Régis Lhuillier, sculptor on metal and bronze, creates unique or numbered works (from 1 to 8). He performs a clay sculpture or plastilène and transforms it into bronze thanks to the technique of the loose wax foundry. His works earned him the jury's special prize at the Fall Fair of Dormans in 1999. Today he invites you to visit his workshop, to follow all stages of his creation, from the original sculpture to the preparation of the mould before his departure for the foundry… Feel free to book an hour at an hour and a half of admiration.

A blacksmith since 1987, Jean-Pierre Et, specialized in the manufacture of specific pliers and pincers, now exercises his art in the manufacture of knives. It has restored life to the inescapable Ardennes knife, the knife to "ployette". This emblematic knife from the Ardennes was thus reserved for a few Chasseurs hunters. All the knives are completely shaped by hand, the blade is forged in a steel of excellence, on the sleeve it is often made of wood or woods. Each piece is unique, it is stamped "JB" and is issued with a certificate of authenticity. Jean-Pierre, is listening to you and will make the model of your choice, but it is advisable to call before any move, especially if you come from a distance.

Graduated from the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, Anne Le Hy created his company in 2006. She imagines and realizes your logos, graphic charters, posters, animation, booklets, web sites, didactic illustrations… Today, it strives to develop writing and illustration projects for youth, with shops and authors. She also hosts workshops for children around images and words. Consulting its site offers you a true and happy image of its talents.

Sylvie BIANCHETTI creates historic and entertainment costumes for cinema, theatre, historic reconstructions, and also for private parties, such as weddings and other ceremonies. Over the years, she made costumes of the 18 th century her specialty. So, the time of a visit to his shop-shop, let yourself be taken by the magic of his costumes or the time of a party, toss one of his toilets!

Founded in 1986 by Yves and Dominique Paulais, this family-run business is entirely dedicated to growing and drying Ardennes flowers. The plants and flowers are certified 100% local and organic by Ecocert, a guarantee of quality and respect for the environment. Their bouquets and dried flower arrangements reflect the wild, unspoiled beauty of this region. Come and visit their workshop to discover their passion and how they magnify natural flowers to create compositions as rich in color as they are in beauty. What's more, Yves and Dominique are very welcoming.

A graduate of the European Higher Institute of the Enluminure and the Manuscript of Angers and the European Centre for Research and Training in the Glass Arts of Vannes-le-Châtel, Valérie Stevenin-Boizet creates its stained glass shop and illuminations «Ardenne Colours» in the High Rivers in 2008. She works there and animates beginners or internships for beginners and insiders. All the styles of illuminations are covered (Carolingian, Romanesque, Gothic…). Techniques taught are traditional techniques of medieval enluminure: parchment work, gold leaf installation, colour preparation with traditional pigments and lients. The internship is an opportunity to achieve a enluminure on parchment using medieval techniques: learning of the gold leaf on traditional teeth, preparation of colors (pigments and medieval tempera) and learning painting techniques.

Bookbinder for over years, Marie-Maud Fleury has formed a master craftsman in Paris. Since then, it has made artisanal binders using ancestral techniques, both for individuals and administrations. Thus, it restores as much as it creates be the binders of official, professional or personal documents. She received the distinction of "Chevalier in the Ordre national des arts et des Lettres" for all her achievements.

A producer of wicker and master-vannier, Gilles Durmois is one of the only craftsmen to perpetuate his know-how in the Ardennes today. He works in the willow, cultivated in the region but also the wicker and even the hazelnut, picked near the woods. He carries out baskets for the gathering and hoods. It also created, depending on the taste of the clientele, the objects of their choice.

A bookbinder of art for years, Marie-Maud Fleury has been trained in a master craftsman in Paris. She first excercé for her own pleasure and opened her workshop in Montcy-Notre-Dame. It makes handmade binders using traditional techniques, it restores binder binder over time, it creates for books with back cover. Its clientele is made up of individuals, but also administrations, some of which have the obligation to link certain administrative documents. His skill and talent have been recognized since she received, in 2002, the distinction of "Chevalier in the National Order of Arts and Letters", which is nothing.

La Louve reémoise is the showcase of Reims creators. This charming boutique created by the association Les Ephémarts opened its doors in 2018 and exhibits the creations of some thirty local craftsmen. Talented creators whom you will undoubtedly have the chance to meet in store and who will make you discover their craft and their know-how. Between the restored furniture, beautiful dishes and decorative objects, ceramics, candles, paintings, jewellery, stationery, you will find here unique and original pieces that reflect the universe of their creator, beautiful gift ideas that we do not see everywhere and amazing creations that will sublimate your home.

For Mr. Franck CERS and his team, pâtine, false stone, false wood, metallizing, glacis and other techniques have no secrets. Also AMBIANCE EDGE, a painting and decorative painting company, personalize your interior decoration by intervening on your furniture as well as your ceilings or walls… Thus they offer you a complete service, preparation of the final decor. They do all kinds of things: trompe the eye, wall patina, furniture, woodwork, ceilings, gilt, faux wood and faux marble, stucco, stucco, lime-coated, faux, stencils.

Xavier Babé, ferronnier, continues here the work of his father who sent him the secrets of this profession. Most of Marne's signs come out of this metalwork! It makes many other things of course, portal, grid, marchioness, window support, property fence, pose. Among its best known achievements in the region is the capsule made for the commune of Cramant, a cluster of grapes of four metres high by the vine trades in Chatillon-sur-Marne, as well as a wrought iron door within which a path represents the doors on the wine and agricultural valley. But the specialty of the Babé are wrought iron signs, all unique pieces! !

L'Atelier Piernès is the story of a brother and sister, Inès and Pierre-Louis Waris-Larmandier, who decided to embark on a rather crazy project, a childhood dream of becoming a "wine artist" like their parents. This is how this extraordinary nursery was born, in the former workshop of a wheelwright and carpenter in the heart of the village of Avize. The Atelier Piernès is a coworking space where young entrepreneurs and craftsmen with their own know-how meet... Artist-ceramist, Inès also offers courses and training courses of turning to initiate oneself to this craft or to improve oneself as well as workshops of modelling for the children from 6 to 12 years.