Works of Art Design and Reproduction Poitou-Charentes

Estelle Bonnaud is France's only weathervane maker, and the only craftswoman in her category to work steel with hand shears. In addition to her weathervanes (models or custom orders), she makes entrance bells, signs, candleholders, incense holders and key rings. Visit her workshop: you'll discover her tools and know-how, which she has inherited since 2004 from a self-taught master. You'll find her creations all over France.

Your workshop is not provided enough? There is something missing from your toolbox? Here, it goes from hardware hardware to decoration, and everything you're looking for the garden. maintenance equipment (mainly) but also pacc, drip watering systems, solar luminaires… and everything relating to materials for the frame and carpentry, the wood necessary for your floor and wall coverings, accessories for cover as well as for insulation… And in bonus you will find your happiness if your needs relate to fit-up. on your terrace: parasol, wide radius of gas barbecue, garden square to grow your strawberries or cherry tomatoes if you cannot plant them in the ground… From the smallest to the biggest, from the simple brush to the bathtub, it's like the Samaritan woman, you find everything! Paul Cassignol, president of the teacher is satisfied, the DIY works!

2017 is the time of change for this store which is always placed at the top of a venelle from the port. Mr. and Mrs. Petit left but the store couldn't shut up! Florence decided to resume it and to pursue the same unique concept: offer both design and contemporary objects all for budgets and in all fields (watchmaking, art of the table, decoration…) and always some sweets side groceries with the Brothers Wedding teas.

36 quai des Arts is the store of artists and craftsmen stamped Métiers d'Art. You can find a selection of unique creations: lighting, sculpture, ceramics, leather goods, jewelry, etc. It is an associative space that creates events: one Saturday a month, the 36's breakfasts take place, during which you meet an artist in the spotlight; we also offer DIY workshops (1h30, 20 euros), such as lampshade making. It's an exciting place, located a stone's throw from the Sèvres and the Donjon museum.

Since 2018, behind the courthouse, Les Fourmis Rouges has been a boutique for designers and talents who make things in-house, for a reasoned, local business. Around twenty designers, almost all from the department (or nearby), take it in turns to welcome visitors to the boutique. They are available to talk about their unique and varied creations: jewelry, ceramics, home decor, fabrics, objects, delicacies...

It's the Christmas market spirit all year round, in an atmosphere teeming with little gifts for all occasions, and for yourself too.

L'Atelier de l'Oculus is both Eliane Roulet-Rochette's boutique and a showcase for local artisans. The clothing and hat designer likes to play with the colors and materials she uses. A fan of bias cuts, she imagines reversible jackets of great comfort. Her unique pieces regularly combine the creations of other artisans: ceramic buttons, days of Angles ... In her store, she welcomes other creators of jewelry, cartery, cutlery, ceramics, soaps... A place conducive to exchanges!

In her studio, Myriam Chesseboeuf creates illuminations and calligraphy. After 13 years in Quebec, she returned in 2022 to the city of her childhood. Artisan d'art, Best Craftswoman of France in 2019, observe her technique. She composes her color palette using pure pigments, mixed with egg white, honey... recipes from the Middle Ages! She also uses gilding to sublimate family trees and copies of old manuscripts...