An artisanal workshop

« Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail»

Leonardo da Vinci

When Jean-Charles asked me to join him in this adventure, it was without hesitation that I accepted! To develop a workshop for enamelled lava…
Every day, it is a pleasure to work with such a noble material, so rich in possibilities. An exceptional savoir-faire that combines technique and art.
With a motivated and creative team, we are reinventing enamelled lava, and it is fascinating!

I have always wanted to make a profession of Art. When I was young, I made music and then drew, until I graduated as a technician in applied arts. But to find work as an artist and make a living from it is complicated. So you need luck, an internship in the stone trade and enamelling at Volvic, was my revelation! Immediately afterward, a company was looking for a young person to start in the enameled lava trade. It was perfect for me, I felt I had to do it! Hard work, research, discovery, failure and success. In short, a daily passion that still captures me. And 30 years later, Tradition Pierre in turn embarked on this superb craftsmanship and called on me for my know-how. Nothing is more beautiful than the glow of an oven and this lava in all its brilliance!

I have been working as a shaper for 25 years, what I love about this job is working with rough stone and then giving it a shape. With stone, you can imagine anything. I find it hard to explain in words the love I have for this job, so I show it! I am always told that when I shape, my eyes light up!

I chose to learn the craft of a lava enameller. I find it an atypical, manual job, which also requires a lot of thought, meticulousness.
The fact of of receiving, applying and conveying know-how, in order to make this profession last over time appealed to me.

Being from Auvergne, I’m proud to be a part of Tradition Pierre and to help promote the special stone originating from our volcanoes.
I dreamt for a long time of working in a family-oriented business, where teamwork is essential and everyone gives the best of themselves, to ensure that our work is as successful as possible.
What satisfaction it is when one of our customers tells us that the creation we made for them is “sublime”!

Every day Otello looks forward to just one thing… heading to the workshop!
He patiently waits for the whole team to arrive, before coming to ask for his morning walk, which he never misses. He watches over the workshop, reminds us when it’s time for lunch and affectionately welcomes visitors. And believe us, nothing is better for a relaxing break than giving him a good stroke!
We can’t imagine our workshop without this faithful companion.