Philippe Boichat, for the love of wood

The Jura man is a cooper. He makes the containers that were used, in the past, for laundry, cleaning or even milking cows. Another world that existed before plastic, the material "that ruined the profession"

The wooden staircase is worn by the years. To the point that some of its steps have lost part of their surface. Each step immerses us more and more in a past that seems very distant. At the top of the ramp, Philippe Boichat's workshop is of a rare beauty. One of those that has crossed the ages, without ever being transformed.

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