European Craft Days by Les Ateliers Partagés de l'Estuaire

From Monday 27 March to 2 April 2023, the JEMAs will honour the art craftsmen. This annual event allows craftsmen to show their skills, and the public to discover the workshops, to learn about techniques and to exchange with professionals. At Le Clos, the Ateliers Partagés de l'Estuaire work with local professionals and artisans to offer the curious authentic experiences in contact with materials.
For the past two years, the Ateliers Partagés de l'Estuaire have taken over part of the buildings of the former Marine slaughterhouse in collaboration with the third place that is being developed there. This year, for the JEMA, they are joining forces with other craftsmen to showcase the trades they practice with passion. For one week, visitors are invited to dive into the heart of a unique place, located on the marina of Rochefort and to enter the workshops.
It is a question of experimentation by touching the material and attending demonstrations, and of working on it through various paying courses and free initiations. During the weekend, the artisans open the doors to the making of a common work. This joint work is a surprise that will be unveiled during the weekend and which responds to the 2023 theme of the European Crafts Days: Sublimating the everyday. Through this work, the skills of wood, ceramics, fabric and metal are brought together. Through its creation, the craftsmen show the facets of the trades and the techniques used to sublimate the material.
Each year a region and a country are honoured and it is the turn of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and Spain.
Programme :
- From Monday 27 March to Friday 31 March
From 9am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 5pm, free visit of the workshops
Various paid courses: cabinet making, ceramics, painting, textile creation, shipbuilding. Only on reservation via the Facebook page of Ateliers Partagés de l'Estuaire.
- Saturday 1 April (10am to 8pm) and Sunday 2 April (10am to 5pm)
From 10am to 8pm, free visit of the workshops and meetings with the craftsmen.
Demonstrations and initiations in woodwork, ironwork, fabric and painting.
A decorative painter is present to frame the decoration of tables and benches. The public is invited to learn the different painting techniques and to sign this original furniture which will be used for future events at Le Clos.
Different installations based on photography will decorate the site: handmade and original cameras, as well as the result of a work between an artist and an Artificial Intelligence.
Joint work: the craftsmen are at work to give shape to this secret work mixing materials, know-how and techniques.

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