Sophie Dornier
Art leather saddler
Le Locle
About
« Highlighting precious watches and sublimating the product with a custom-made piece of bracelet is a real marriage of art value. »
Born in 1976 in Pontarlier, Sophie Dornier trained as a saddler-leather craftsman in France. She then worked as a prototypist for high-end bracelets. She currently exercises her passion in the company "Les Artisans Selliers Sàrl", which she founded in 2008 in Le Locle.
« I work with the material whose smell and touch I like. It’s always a wonderful discovery of the finished work after a surprising number of operations on a piece of bracelet. »
In this workshop, we start with tanned skins that we cut, shape, assemble, sew before performing the finishing touches. The workshop was created to return to artisanal values, with particular care and attention, highlighting the exceptional pieces of independent watchmakers or highly renowned Swiss watchmakers.
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Diplomas
1998 National diploma in saddler-leatherworker
Honors
2016 Artisan 2016, JEMA Neuchâtel
2000 French Jura Young Talent Prize
Connections
RTN: http://www.rtn.ch/rtn/Programmes/emissions/La-Matinale/Dans-les-coulisses-de-Baselworld.html
L’Impartial: http://www.journeesdesmetiersdart-vaud.ch/images/revue-de-presse/media-IMPARTIAL-20160326b.pdf
L’Express: http://www.journeesdesmetiersdart-vaud.ch/images/revue-de-presse/media-EXPRESS-20160326b.pdf
Canton
Arts Crafts
Domain
Other
Accessible by public transport
Car park nearby
Address
Les Artisans Selliers Sàrl
Rue du Progrès 37
2400 Le Locle
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