André Vuille
Marble maker-sculptor
Glovelier

« Stone is a living material that never ceases to amaze me. My admiration for Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel is also limitless. »

An internship with a marble worker is enough for André Vuille to find his way. After learning the trade in Solothurn, due to a lack of space in French-speaking Switzerland, he followed a training course for vocational education in the stone trades. For five years, he participated in the construction of the Tour de Moron in the Bernese Jura by training nearly 600 apprentices from all over Switzerland.

« I cultivate the art of killing two birds with one stone: a profession and a passion. »

Since 1994, André Vuille has been shaping stone in the inexhaustible variety of its uses: mausoleums, fountains, paving, kitchen worktops, dry stone walls, window sills, monuments and various sculptures. He notably collaborated on the renovation of the Maison des peaons in Geneva, as well as those of the Saint-Jean bridge and the Saint-Ursanne fountains.

Diplomas

2019, Federal craftsman certificate in conservation of built heritage, Office of Vocational Training and Technology

2008, SFIVET 300 hours, Federal Institute of Advanced Studies in Vocational Training, Lausanne

1985, CFC stone sculptor, Professional School of Lausanne, Lausanne

1984, CFC marble worker, Professional School of Lausanne, Lausanne

Link

https://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Programmes/emissions/La-Matinale/Viens-chez-moi-Andre-Vuille.html