Luc Chappuis
Fountain tailor
L'Isle

« You have to feel the stone, you have to love the object you are going to shape before undertaking it. You have to be in tune before you make the chisel sing. »

Luc Chappuis was not born with a passion for stone: his first vocation was to drive locomotives. During his apprenticeship as a mechanic-electrician, he repairs machines at a stonemason’s, tries out a few out of curiosity and falls in love. He then left his training and taught himself how to carve stone before creating his business in 1979.

« When I go to the quarry, I’m like a kid. It’s great the energy that emanates from these farms in the middle of nature, I come back full of projects. »

It was on the family farm in Cuarnens that Luc Chappuis began his activity as a stonemason before settling in the craft area of the Isle. His company, housed in premises made entirely of stone, now has eight employees and specializes in particular in the size and renovation of fountains. He is also president of the Romande Association of stone trades.

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