Discovery of a foundry of art and of the used(employed) ancestral gestures(movements)

Name: Discovery of a foundry of art and of the used(employed) ancestral gestures(movements)
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Fonderie d'Aart

Guided tour

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Place(Square) limited to 100 people.

©OT du Bauzadais

Discover the traditional casting techniques and the 13 casting trades that make it possible to obtain a finished piece from natural raw materials and ancestral gestures and furnaces.

The guided tours, punctuated with historical anecdotes, will allow you to discover this art foundry and the traditional gestures it perpetuates. You will have access for the first time to the workshop and the ovens!

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Fonderie d'Aart

75 Rue de la Fonderie, 33430 Bernos-Beaulac

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Building(Ship) dating the active XIXth century from 1844 till 1997\. Its industrial past is important since this place was a high stove(furnace) and a foundry of cast iron of 2nd fusion(merger). The building(ship) was ré-opened in 2015 by Alain Adin (died at the beginning of 2016). He(It) perpetuated tradition ancestral of foundry owners, both by the gestures(movements) and raw materials and know-how.
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