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Creation of Village Houses - Crèches
Shops, Art craftsmen, Stonecutter, Christmas crib figure creator
in Tende
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It is in the hamlet of Granile, sheltered in her workshop that Françoise exhibits her creations: Village houses and cots, made of wood and slate from the Roya valley. Companion of the santonniers of Aubagne, she makes our Christmas cots.
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This designer has developed a passion for these small village houses, which she reproduces in miniature to the nearest millimetre.
The creator works meticulously between 8 and 10 hours a day in her workshop. It takes her about two days to make a classic house, and up to three weeks for the "big pieces".
Because these cots require a significant investment: first, Françoise goes to the stream near her home to collect stones, she breaks them with a hammer, before "stripping" them and...This designer has developed a passion for these small village houses, which she reproduces in miniature to the nearest millimetre.
The creator works meticulously between 8 and 10 hours a day in her workshop. It takes her about two days to make a classic house, and up to three weeks for the "big pieces".
Because these cots require a significant investment: first, Françoise goes to the stream near her home to collect stones, she breaks them with a hammer, before "stripping" them and "regulating" them with cutting pliers in order to make regular pebbles and give them this flat effect. She then decorates them with moss or vegetation.
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