Arts and crafts Midi-Toulousain

Lots of poetry and creativity in this pretty dressing room. Stunning porcelain fixtures evoke the strawberry collars of yesteryear, natural tones combined with more rustic rope. On the shelves, colorful crockery. Cups and pitchers, recycled tea towels, soliflores or zazas, funny little z'animals! Welcome to this workshop-boutique on the first floor of a beautiful townhouse on the edge of the Salin. If you'd like to get your hands on ceramics, courses are also available. A world of passion that we love!

Les Poteries d'Albi created in 1891 is the reference specialist in glazed terracotta in France. Brick makers for 6 generations, they invite you to discover potteries of all styles, in clay or glazed, with warm colors typical of the South. The workshop offers more than 800 unique models that are presented in its showroom, entirely designed, created and manufactured here, by hand, and that we can already imagine adorning our terrace! The company has also developed the Clair de Terre brand, and offers custom-made products.

The shop offers a wide range of products made from donkey milk, some of which are Ecocert licensed. 13 varieties of soap, handmade by a soap maker from Ardèche, with original fragrances such as oatmeal, cinnamon, cucumber ... shampoos, creams for the face, toilet milks or shower, creams for the face or body ... and also discover the delicious candy. Because donkey milk facilitates digestion and is particularly rich in minerals and vitamins.

The clog maker's workshop tells you about this trade from the time when shoes were made of wood. Discover the traditional tools used to make clogs and the electric machines which, from a model, by copying, simultaneously cut the right clog and the left clog. Adjacent to the museum, a shop sells clogs, local products, as well as dolls and toys from the past, not forgetting the specialities of pink garlic from Lautrec. The village comes alive in summer during the clog festival, the bread festival and the garlic festival.

In her workshop, Sklaerenn Imbeaud puts her expertise in stained glass restoration at the service of churches, cathedrals, castles and private individuals. En Verre Contre Tout can also create stained-glass windows to suit any location and taste. Thanks to their tailor-made creations, each piece is unique. At the boutique, products and tools for craftsmen and artists are available for purchase. The company also offers year-round stained glass training courses and evening classes.

Marie-Line Baschieri's workshop in Barjac, in the Ariège region of France, produces enameled and turned stoneware dishes that are as useful as they are pleasant. Making small series, the pieces of the craftswoman are guaranteed without lead, to ensure a daily culinary use. Marie-Line's creations are distinguished by her Mocha Tea technique. A decoration with engobes using the principle of diffusion of the drop of ink in water. The pieces offer an organic decoration, where everyone will recognize here a fern, there a coral or a tree.

Evline Vanco, a native of Belgium, has set up her ceramic workshop 45 km from Toulouse. From flattened pellets, from the material stretched into assembled plates, from washed or sharper colors, are born figurines with mischievous and complicit looks, with clumsy looks. Hybrid animals, tinged with humanism. From vases to tea sets, the patterns in shades of earth tones are reminiscent of the craftswoman's African childhood. She offers courses and workshops to tame the material and give it a poetic meaning.

Installed in Montauban, l'Escale Céramique is the last store opened by the association Terres Neuves du Sud Ouest. 12 potters and ceramists are grouped together in this store of handmade ceramic objects. Welcoming you in turn, you will find here pieces entirely handmade. Bowls, cups, jugs, oil pots, planters, sculptures, paintings and ceramic jewelry are just a few examples of what you will find here. The techniques of each potter represent a traditional know-how.

Cadres en Aparté is a framing store located in Fonsorbes, near Toulouse. Run by Philippe Chesnoy, the shop offers custom-made frames for works of art. Cadres en Aparté stands out for its hand-crafted, made-to-measure approach. Philippe Chesnoy puts his technical expertise and knowledge of art history to best use in advising his customers. He attaches great importance to the preservation and conservation of works of art, using reversible means of support. The store also sells frames, and carries out work such as glass framing, picture framing, mirrors, pedestals and large formats. Cadres en Aparté is recognized as an artisan d'art, which testifies to the quality and professionalism of its services.

Maryline and François, two enthusiasts of art, heritage and glass for 30 years, have joined forces to offer their expertise to the most ambitious projects. Their specialties include the creation of Art Deco and contemporary stained glass, the renovation of stained glass and antique glass, and the protection of glass works. Their workshop is equipped with a very large furnace, one of the few in Occitanie. If you have a project in mind, you can visit them by appointment.

Florence loves to play with colors, shapes, materials, volumes and light. She lives from her passion in her workshop filled with colored glass plates, stained glass windows of students in progress and precious or failed pieces. She divides her time between transmitting her know-how to her students during her courses and workshops, and her creative work for individuals (windows, doors, furniture, lamps...), churches and chapels. You can find her on fairs and exhibitions of craftsmen organized in the region.

Originally from the South-West of France, Julie Bonnafous discovers the work of glass in Ireland. After studies and training, she creates her workshop in 2011 in Martres-Tolosane and then in Auch. She works in collaboration with individuals, associations or public institutions for the creation of stained glass, but also restoration. In her references, she presents many restorations of churches in Occitania, but if you want an original creation, she can realize any project on order: door, window, sign..

Artisan potter and ceramist Nicolas Guégan has passion in his veins. He designs and creates all his pieces by hand, from simple mugs to the most refined decorative elements, including tiles and lampshades. He also offers renovation services, and produces a number of creations relating to tableware or, more generally, to decoration and ornamentation. Discover his creations in the showroom next to his workshop, and at the market in l'Isle-Jourdain.

Master Craftsman and ceramist, Stéphanie Joffre shakes up the codes by working the clay to the point of transforming it into lace. Sometimes poetic, humorous or offbeat, her emerging designs make us rediscover this ancestral art from another angle. She experiments with improbable fusions between ceramics, plaster, wood and metal. Alone, in pairs or in groups, Stéphanie works with clay in all authenticity, respecting the material and the rhythm it imposes.

The Pascale Cabaré earthenware factory perpetuates, not far from the pure clay quarries of Martres-Tolosane, the tradition of the Great Master Earthenware Artisans of the past, according to the art of the Great Fire. True alchemy between the four elements, the tradition of shaping pieces and hand-painted decorations dates from the ^18th century. Pascale Cabaré continues this ancestral work by bringing back to life the spirit of the place. The collections display a pure and luminous stanniferous enamel, with metallic oxides whose palette is reduced, according to the grand feu technique.

Les Meubles Lattes is first and foremost a family business and a know-how transmitted since 1945. Now, it is the fourth generation that perpetuates the tradition of Revel, a major city of art furniture. Come and visit the exhibition hall of the Lattes workshop: the pieces of furniture reflect the talent of the cabinetmakers. The production includes both classical and contemporary creations, in solid wood, some of them are inlaid. The company, specialized in antique furniture, also undertakes renovation and restoration work.

At the foot of the Pyrenees, in the town of Foix, La Papoterie opens the doors of its workshop. Here, utilitarian stoneware pottery is made entirely by hand. These are unique pieces. They are functional, utilitarian and original. Integral to your everyday life, La Papoterie's creations are part of an eco-responsible approach. Hand-crafted objects based on pottery traditions. Cécile Bouyge works in Saint-en-Puisaye stoneware, and uses local raw materials to produce her glazes.

Jean-Marc Coulom is the heir of an artisanal know-how dating back to 1856. He started in the business in 1987 and until 1990, he cultivated a hectare of sorghum himself in order to provide himself with straw for his brush factory. He participated in its relaunch in Grisolles in 2021, and true to his ethics, in search of quality and authenticity, he designs his brooms by hand in the purest tradition of yesteryear with straw that now grows just a stone's throw from his workshop.

Fabrice Tessier created her workshop in 2005 and specialized in enduits and lime coatings in 2005. If he is now a trainer at the European Art and Materials School in Albi, he is first and foremost artisan who works with natural and healthy materials: the soil (humidity, reconnue, qualités, chaux, designer, designer, designer, designer. Its coatings adapt both to contemporary creation and to the renovation of the old building.

For twenty years now, Rudolf Junginger has been working in the pink city with his two passions: stonemasonry and masonry. Above all, he's devoted himself to fair-faced brick, the star material of Toulouse architecture since Antiquity, with the beautiful orange-red hue that gave the pink city its nickname. From these clay bricks, Rudolf shapes or restores characterful fireplaces to give your home a touch of character. This talented craftsman can meet your every need, from building gate pillars to setting up a barbecue. Another string to his bow is his ability to create monumental sculptures to great decorative effect. What brick art!