Guided tour and demonstration of the old Puycheny tile works

Name: Visita guiada y demostración de fabricación de las antiguas Casas de Puycheny
Start: 2023-09-16T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Atelier-Musée de la terre

Discover the site of Puycheny, a former mecca of tile craftsmanship: explore an ancient tile factory from the 20th century, understand the different stages of tile making and witness a…

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

©Atelier-Musée de la Terre

Discover the site of Puycheny, former mecca of tuilier craftsmanship: explore an ancient tile factory of the twentieth century, understand the different stages of tile making and attend a demonstration of handmade tile.

Types d'événement

Atelier / Démonstration / Savoir-faire

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Atelier-Musée de la terre

Puycheny - Espace Mazérolas, 87800 Saint-Hilaire-les-Places

Haute-Vienne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The visit of the old(former) present tile factory the village of the tilemakers of Puycheny as well as the know-how of his tilemakers, such as he was practised at the beginning of the XXth century: creaming of the earth(ground) by a horse, moulding in the hand, drying on the ground, cooking in the wood The Workshop(Studio)-Museum of the Earth allows to discover Arts of the fire(light) (visit and demonstrations, workshops(studios) of clay, natural outings(exits) bare classes).