Gilles
and Noël will welcome you every day in their workshop/boutique in
the heart of the medieval village, and you’ll be able to watch the
different steps of the creation.
They specialize in stoneware, the only clay that can be exposed to frost.
The
stoneware plaque is made by hand. Then it’s left to dry, very
slowly for fear of warping.
The design is then engraved and decorated with glazes.
These are made with metal oxydes, and are the result of never ending
researches.
The glazing itself requires a perfectly mastered know-how, which can
only be aquired after years of practice.
Once this is achieved, the plaque goes into the kiln for a single firing
(1280°C), which makes it totally frost- and sunproof.
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