André Gaignat
Clog maker
Cornol
About
« I don’t have the cancer of money but I am eaten away by the great goodness that gives me the pleasure of being able to safeguard the trade that my father taught me. »
The last child of a family of twelve, André Gaignat was born in Cornol in 1941 in the house where his studio is located. From an early age, he became attached to his father’s activity. In 1996, he took over the workshop and he still works with the machines, a moulder and a digger, which his father had acquired in 1929. It is his way of honoring the know-how he has received.
« Take a piece of wood and pull out a hoof: I will never get tired of it. »
André Gaignat’s workshop, the last active clog factory in Switzerland, welcomes nearly 2,000 visitors a year, mainly groups from all over Switzerland. The machines, which roll their stainless mechanics, shape the raw material and hold out their arms to the hand of the craftsman who comes to give substance to a vast choice of clogs to wear or ornament.
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Distinction
2015 Artisan 2015, JEMA Jura
Connections
Migros Magazine: http://www.migrosmagazine.ch/societe/portrait/article/le-dernier-des-sabotiers
Formerly the clogs: http://autretemporel-les-sabots.e-monsite.com/pages/les-saboteries/la-derniere-saboterie-de-suisse-a-cornol-jura-suisse.html
Terre nature: http://www.terrenature.ch/terroir/07012010-0000-commencer-lannee-dun-bon-pied
The union event: http://www.evenement.ch/include/mod.print.php?aid=1132
http://restaurant-liondor.ch/agenda/saboterie-cornol-jura.pdf
Patos Jurassien: http://www.image-jura.ch/djasans/spip.php?article49
Canal Alpha: http://www.canalalpha.ch/actu/un-sabotier-peut-en-cacher-un-autre-a-cornol/
RJB: http://www.rjb.ch/rjb/Actualites/Regionale/20140805-Les-sabots-c-est-leur-passion.html
Press title: http://www.titrespresse.com/ch/article/le-sabotier-chausse-ses-pantoufles-93262d14d8
Beti Info: http://www.beti.info/images/online_ritratti/Andre_Gaignat_swissinfo.pdf
Notre Temps: http://www.notretemps.ch/metiers-dhier-et-dabordhui/
Canton
Arts Crafts
Domain
Other
Possible access for people with reduced mobility
Accessible by public transport
Car park nearby
Address
Route des Rangiers 27
2952 Cornol
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