Tristan Buchot

Artisans
of our valleys

4 saisons
Culture and heritage
Responsible Travel

Here the craftsmen combine their creativity with traditional know-how, by working a material, by enhancing a product or by giving a second life to an object. Come and meet the men and women who, each with their fingertips, build the territory's identity in their own way. By pushing the door of their workshop or their shop, you will be transported into a unique universe by the creative breath of each artist.

Pyrenean crafts

Tristan Buchot

Visits to local artisans in the Pyrenees

Tristan Buchot

Wool from the Pyrenees

LOCAL KNOW-HOW

Since 1891, the family business Card perpetuates from generation to generation a local know-how: that of manufacturing articles in Pyrenees wool. In the heart of Pays Toy, La Carde promotes wool thanks to a circuit that respects traditions and raw materials.

Un tour circuit allows the curious to understand the stages of this artisanal mechanism. Finally, the shop reveals the pieces once finished: blankets, plaids, quilts, clothes, woolen accessories or yoga items...

Everything you need to know about Pyrenees wool

Tristan Buchot

The Factory of Soums

Soap factory of the Hautes-Pyrénées

At La Fabrique, I design and manufacture natural cosmetics in an artisanal way. As a great enthusiast of wild nature, I gave the soaps the shape and softness of the mountains that surround the soap factory.

The Factory of Soums

Handmade soaps made from nettle, clay and charcoal

Caroline Daguenet soap dish

La Fabrique des Soums is a creative, ethical, responsible and committed soap factory. It is above all the story of an ecological transition through the development of cold saponified soap, with respect for people and the environment. But it is also the pleasure of the eyes and the softness of the skin for better health.

Crafts

Earth, stone and woodworking

Sculpture
Modeling
Marble & granite

Jean-Jacques Abdullah

stone carver

Installed since 1995 in Arras-en-Lavedan, Jean-Jacques Abdallah sculpts the marble and granite. He carves sculptures representing animals, characters or non-figurative objects. Jean-Jacques gives life to works in style bearing on both geometric and stylized figures.

Passing the door of his studio, you will discover a exhibition room where small sculptures contrast with monumental pieces. Open to the public, his workshop is a place of exchange, for visits or for courses in stone sculpture and modeling, for beginners and initiates.

Sculpture workshop

Jean-Jacques Abdullah

Wooden pens
Wooden objects

Xavier Lecat

wood turner

A mountain guide, Xavier collects the wood for his creations at the bend of the trails of the Valleys of Gavarnie. It is then in his workshop in Salles, in the Bergons Valley, that he gives a second life to the different species of wood that he has collected during his hikes.

Through his creations, Xavier expresses his taste forwriting by making ballpoint pens, mechanical pencils, rollerballs or nibs. Thanks to the technique of woodturning, various decorative objects have also been created from this workshop with an unobstructed view of the Pyrenees.

Workshop visit

Xavier Lecat

Ceramics
Pottery
Courses & internship

Roxane Lasserre

Ceramist

Roxane invites you to discover the work of the ceramic and pottery in his studio-boutique in Ayures, above the village of Gèdre. By appointment, you can visit the workshop and observe its pieces, the fruit of the alliance of creative energy and meticulous technique.

To go further, take part in a course or a training during which Roxane will pass on to you her ease in handling clay through different techniques: modelling, coiling, slab work, turning, etc.

Ceramic workshop - pottery

Roxane Lasserre

Grès
Porcelain
Intership

Isabel Roux

Ceramist and visual artist

Ceramist and visual artist for more than 30 years, Isabelle Roux invites you to discover her creations in Pierrefitte-Nestalas. By appointment, she opens the doors of her workshop to discover many pieces in stoneware or porcelain and paintings on paper. Each of the pieces tells a story through its shape, its texture, its patterns or the colors used.

Isabelle Roux also offers ceramic workshops where she will share with you her knowledge of modeling, sculpture and engraving techniques.

Atelier

Manon Vallin

Visual arts

Painting, graphics, illustration & publishing

Explore the Pyrenees through a variety of works: books, illustrations, drawings and paintings. Take home a painting, a drawing, a map or a book to keep your memories of the Gavarnie Valleys alive once you return from vacation. Or, let yourself be tempted by painting during an on-site workshop, indoors or outdoors.

Game publisher

EDITIONS FROM PLAINS TO VALLEYS BETPOUEY

ALTIGRAPHY

From 5€

GAILLAGOS

Hobbies

IMAGE.IN – PAINTING LESSONS

From 17€

SOULM

Galleries and museums
Cultural Tours

HOUSE OF ARTS, ABBADIALE

Free

ARRAS-EN-LAVEDAN

Designer shop

Rachel Gallery Shop

Art, decoration & creation

In the town of Argelès-Gazost, the Rachel boutique offers you a whole universe around thecrafts, paintings or illustrations, Pyrenean souvenirs and fused glass creations.

Here objects Decorative alongside Pyrenean souvenirs and real works of art, tastefully selected by Rachel who also exhibits and sells her creations.

Rachel Gallery Shop

Creartisud Association

Exhibition of creative craftsmen from the Great South-West

After a hike to the Cirque de Gavarnie, stop off at this shop where different types of craft creations : blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, sculptures, leather goods, mosaic, weaving...

Each piece is unique and all creations have one thing in common: they are Made in the Southwest.

Creartisud Association

Decoration

Pyrenean style

Thanks to the advice of planning and decoration professionals, give a Pyrenean touch to your interiors! Using natural or recycled materials, enhance your goods while respecting local know-how and the environment.