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16/03/2024
Canalalpha: Art crafts present themselves in the Jura

Certain skills have been passed down from generation to generation for centuries. This is the case for crafts. But some are now tending to disappear. To highlight the work of these artisans, the canton of Jura is participating, on March 23 and 24, in the European Crafts Days. 12 workshops will be open to the public free of charge, but upon registration, which may create vocations among the youngest visitors.

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14/03/2024
RFJ: artistic crafts are exhibited in the hope of lasting

Thirteen Jura craftsmen will open their workshops to the public on the occasion of the European Crafts Days on March 23 and 24. The Training Department hopes to attract young people to pass on these gestures and techniques from our heritage.

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14/03/2024
The transmission of know-how in an artistic profession sometimes gives rise to extraordinary encounters.

“I told my mother that my passion was knives.” Lighting on two sharpened characters.

At 13, Ugo Mighali is an uncontrollable teenager. He trains at the skate park on the sidelines of his days with “some punk guys” and in the evening observes the blades that they clumsily try to forge. In his turn, he tries his hand at the work and burns with passion for the gesture. Looking for who could introduce him to this art, Ugo types “Geneva cutlery” on the internet and discovers, fascinated, the work of Charles Roulin. It doesn't take much to whet your curiosity.

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10/03/2024
Geneva artisans in the spotlight from March 22 to 24

In Geneva, the 2024 European Crafts Days will take place from March 22 to 24. The Sicli pavilion will host various artisans and professional training centers, while 23 workshops and several cultural institutions will open their doors. Registration strongly recommended.

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05/03/2024
The Ariana Museum offers the opportunity to discover two professions: that of curator-restorer and that of porcelain painter.

Sunday March 24 is a party at the museum! The BiblioWeekend and the JEMA take place on the same day. This promises a day full of activities and discoveries!

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27/02/2024
European Crafts Day Ariana Museum Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass Geneva, Sunday March 24, 2024.

European Day of Artistic Professions The Ariana Museum offers the opportunity to discover two professions: curator-restorer and porcelain painter. Sunday March 24, 10:30 a.m. Ariana Museum Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass Free.

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03/04/2023
Valais: a weekend to highlight crafts

If you like… seeing craftsmen at work or listening to stories on a public bench in Valais, having fun in the snow in Nendaz or admiring motorbikes in Martigny: our suggestions for this weekend.

From March 31 to April 2, arts and crafts professions will be presented to the public during the European Days dedicated to them. Five Swiss cantons are participating: Vaud, Geneva, Bern, Ticino and Valais.

For a weekend, 18 artisans and craftsmen from the Old Country will welcome the curious “to demonstrate all of their technical and creative skills”, adds section head of the Valais Training Service...

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03/04/2023
Morges: with nimble fingers, she bottles the biggest boats

Living a few kilometers from Lavaux, Gabrielle Rogers has the art of bottling, not Chasselas, but… boats!

This Saturday was held the European Days of Arts and Crafts. In Morges, Gabrielle Rogers presented her know-how, while revealing her tips for making meticulous reproductions of boats in glass bottles.

Originally from Virginia, on the east coast of the United States, the craftswoman has been making replicas of all kinds of boats for a dozen years, from vintage sailboats to large yachts. During the European Days of Crafts, the designer presented her works all weekend at the Château de Morges.

The perfect opportunity for the general public to discover by what stratagem a three-masted ship is made to fit into such a small neck.

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30/03/2023
They have gold in their hands: spotlight on our artisans with rare trades

On the occasion of the Days of Crafts, the public is invited, from March 31 to April 2, to discover heritage know-how. Meeting with three craftsmen from La Côte.

Model maker of bottled boats, dial maker or basket maker. So many trades that you don't come across on every street corner. In order to make these professions more visible and to see these ancestral know-how continue, the arts and crafts day highlights, for a weekend, craftsmen and craftsmen from the region.

Initiated in France, the European Days of Crafts (JEMA) were born in the canton of Vaud in 2014. For this 8th edition, the cultural affairs department of the State of Vaud offers free discovery of 42 professions of art. The majority of the demonstrations will take place in the workshops of the creators (on registration), while some will take place at the castle of Morges (without registration).

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30/03/2023
A weekend dedicated to the beauty of the gesture

The European Days of Crafts will take place from March 31 to April 2. Portraits of two of these craftsmen who sublimate our daily lives.

With a flick of her wrist, Anne Ponthenier makes a large canvas waltz across her work surface. Mission for the day: repair the canvases, covers and carpets of a boat. "The job of saddler is exciting in that it varies the pleasures," explains the entrepreneur, leather and textile craftswoman. I indeed touch the fields of the automobile, the motorcycle, the water sports, the aeronautics and even the hospital.

On sea as in sky

Motorcycle or pedicure seats, boat or airplane cushions: each area has its own fabrics and specific stitches. “For boats, you have to make sure that the synthetic material is waterproof. For private jets, the quality of the leather must be impeccable in order to meet the customer's requirements. As for the leatherette motorcycle saddle, it must be well padded for a comfortable seat, ”adds the one who was once a theology student.

From dawn until sunset, Anne Ponthenier continues to transmit her passion. To customers first, through her titanic and meticulous work. To the apprentices she takes pleasure in training. And to the public, by the outfit...

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29/03/2023
Discover craftsmen

From March 31 to April 2, arts and crafts professions are presented to the public on the occasion of the European Days dedicated to them.

Five Swiss cantons are participating in this 2023 edition: Vaud, Geneva, Bern, Ticino and Valais. After a first in 2018 then a cancellation in 2020 due to the pandemic, our canton is associated for the second time with this meeting which wants to highlight creative professions “with very high added value”, specifies Raphaël. critin.

For a weekend, 18 craftsmen and craftsmen from the Old Country will welcome the curious "to demonstrate all of their technical and creative skills", adds section head at the Service valaisan de la formation professionnelle and representative du Valais to the Swiss Association of Crafts (ASMA).

Those interested - young or old - are thus invited to push the door of their workshops for visits that will allow them...

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14/10/2022
A Genevan wants to shine at the world jewelry championship

24heures + Tribune de Genève / Employment, October 10, 2022

The WorldSkills jewellery-jewellery are held in Geneva until October 16th. Fourteen young talents compete for the title of world champion.