In 2016 La Faïencerie de Charolles received the “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” (EPV) label. State recognition which makes it possible to distinguish manufacturing excellence, rare know-how and underline the high added value of manufacturing “made in France”. A distinction highly deserved by the Manufacture. Located in the heart of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, the Faïencerie de Charolles has been carrying ceramics know-how high since 1844. Today nothing has changed. Manual and artisanal production is still carried out in the workshops of Charolles, by eight crafts men who
have a high mastery of thiscraft. The modeler himself makes the models and all the necessary material up to the manufacturing molds. Vases, tables, lights, decorative objects. The colors used are “house” mixtures developed in the manufacture. The artisans seek to build a bridge between yesterday and today, by offering works that enunciate the rising values of durability, authenticity and simplicity currently emerging in the discourse of art and design. An art profession that makes you feel to what extent ceramics – undoubtedly better than anyother medium – has a particular capacity to convey the expression of the passing time, to transmit values of comfort and humility, while bringing some of the forces of nature into our homes, at the heart of our daily lives. A praise of slowness and contemplation … The Faïencerie de Charolles, our common cultural heritage, a major player in French crafts man ship. La Faïencerie de Charolles, “Living HeritageCompany” (EPV). Of course, today we are used to new artificial paradises resulting from technology, which accelerate our pace of life and encourage frantic consumption. But wealsofeel at the same time the growing need to recreate around us the conditions of a more just comfort, reasoned from our real needs, which would allow us to escape the race against time and the pressure of passing fashions. … Inspired by nostalgia for the rural world and by archetypes from the early days of industry, the Manufacture shareswith us its taste for simple and powerful forms, borrowed from human history, from our own memories. of country or handcrafted houses. Shapes designed as close as possible to their function and for long-term use, on which the wear of time can harmoniously leave its mark. The works of the Faïencerie de Charolles are accessible objects, linked to the intelligence of the hand and to good practical sense, in symbiosis with nature. Refuge values, cultural values, they have meaning, and are an anchor of ourpast, of our history. French-made pieces, made near us, by hand, by humans, and not machines, whole arned all the subtleties of their craft from their predecessors, themselves students of skilled craftsmen. -make ancestral. A transmission, a sharing, a real cultural heritage that it was natural to reward with the honorary title of Living Heritage Company (EPV) The works of the Faïencerie de Charolles are accessible objects, linked to the intelligence of the hand and to good practical sense, in symbiosis with nature. Refuge values, cultural values, they have meaning, and are an anchor of ourpast, of our history. French-made pieces, made near us, by hand, by humans, and not machines, who learned all the subtleties of their craft from their predecessors, themselves students of skilled craftsmen. -make ancestral. A transmission, a sharing, a real cultural heritage that it was natural to reward with the honorary title of Living HeritageCompany (EPV)
Faïencerie de Charolles is first and foremost a story of know-how and a bond between men along with the story of a Manufacture resolutely looking for the future. Back in 1844 at Charolles, Hyppolyte Prost took over his father’s small pottery workshop. Without knowing it, he created a Manufacture that will go through…
An ode to nature as a cure for melancholy In the spring of 2021, a new chromatic range brings a promise of euphoria and reinforces the contemporary turning point initiated by the Faiïencerie de Charolles, under the leadership of Aurélie Richard, its artistic director. She dresses historical pieces as new creations of bright and rejuvenating…
A know-how is perpetuated thanks to THOSE who transmit it with passion, patience and energy. It with an ultra vitaminated dynamic and vivid shades that the Faiïencerie de Charolles has turned to the colors of SPRING. Beautiful picture of the new collection DEEP BOTANIC SS21, with Aurélie Richard, Laetitia Bouquerel, Eva Cecchi, Jean-Baptiste Dode. Superb…
COMMITTED AND visionary RETREATMAN. Entrepreneur at heart, Cyrille Frappé has run various companies since 2008, and discovered the Faïencerie de Charolles as a supplier of packaging. Fascinated by the birth of remarkable pieces, parts of ordinary clay, which have become majestic vases, unique lighting, exceptional furniture, by the force of hands, but above all by…
SLUSH : Liquid earth. Mixture of water and clay. At the Faïencerie, we use clay that comes from France from the regionfrom Limoges. BISCUIT : Unglazed fired object. Once baked at 1030 ° C in a gas oven, the art object comes out of the hard baking oven. The object changed color, from gray to clay green…
A little history… It was in 1768 that the first kaolin vein was discovered in Limousin. A discovery made by a surgeon, Jean-Baptiste Darnet. A clay actively sought after in France for the manufacture of hard porcelain by the Manufacture de Sèvres. Because “the first Limoges porcelain was made in 1771” recalls Nicole Delage, president…
Rencontre entre 2 maisons qui ont du goût ! Lancement du Glouglou Bi-Goût En cette fin d’année, deux belles maisons françaises croisent leurs chemins et créent le Glouglou Bi-Goût ! La première, la Faïencerie de Charolles, trésor de Bourgogne depuis 1844 rencontre une merveille lyonnaise, Baralinge, passionnée par le linge de maison depuis 4 générations.…
Je suis designer. Après avoir travaillé pendant une dizaine d’années pour différents studios de design comme Philippe Starck ou Habitat, j’ai ressenti le besoin de renouer avec un processus créatif plus personnel et sensible, avec une certaine liberté de l’enfance, retrouver la dimension artisanale du design, un outillage manuel et des matériaux naturels. Aujourd’hui, je…
Les 6.7 septembre 2021, nous recevions nos 6 agents commerciaux, Thibaud, Loïc, Luce, Marc, Jérémy, Alexandre à la Manufacture pour deux jours d’échanges, de formation et de transmission. Quelle chance d’avoir pu créer un lien entre nos artisans et ceux qui représentent la marque Faïencerie de Charolles à travers toute la France ! L’énergie de…
L’Œillet de Charolles est arrivé à la Manufacture dès 1844 dans l’atelier de poterie. Il est vite devenu l’emblème de la Faïencerie. Prouesse technique et patience sont de mises. L’Œillet se travaille au pinceau avec une gestuelle qui se transmet depuis presque 177 ans. Dans une réelle démarche contemporaine, Aurélie Richard et Nathalie Collier ont…
For its Deep Botanic vegetal set design. “My father being a gardener, I grew up in the French department Ardèche with the rhythms of the seasons and I learned to read the colourful textures of nature. After my career as a textile designer in Lyon and a fashion design consultant, I felt the urge to…
La Coquille is a great classic. At La Faïencerie, this traditional ceramic form has long been part of the catalog. It was while digging through the archives of the Manufacture that Aurélie Richard wanted to bring it up to date. While preserving the historical lines found in old sketchbooks, Aurélie Richard gives it a new…
The material, master of the game. The Faïencerie de Charolles continues its creative turn by investing for the first time in the combination of materials. The fruit of a discussion between craftsmanship and industry, between earthenware and metal, the “Fat & Slim” side table duo tells the story of an encounter between the know-how of…
After studying Political Science, Marketing Management and a career in the world of finance, Alain Gilles realizes that his sensitivity lies elsewhere. He resumed industrial design studies in France, and revealed himself. More than a vocation, a passion. In order to pursue his dreams, Alain Gilles opened his own studio. He develops his personal approach…
When the Faïencerie de Charolles moved to Paul Bocuse A unique encounter between three French know-how. The French art of living is also the synergy of inspiring partnerships. At the initiative of the Faïencerie de Charolles, three French know-how come together during the end of the year celebrations to offer a limited edition floral…
In a world that is always going faster, Aurélie Richard likes to suspend time. Poetic and delicate, his creations have an assumed modernity, respectful of know-how, gesture and material. Her work with many craftsmen has led her to develop various know-how with finesse.Aurélie likes to experiment.A graduate of a Master II in Design and lulled…
Every day, the Manufacture presents new “hand-made” creations, shaped by eight passionate artisans: Nathalie, Aurélie, Gloria, Béatrice, Joao, Yannick, Jean-Pierre and Cyril. Works produced using gestures of infinite precision, the same as those of Hippolyte, a native of the country, creator of Earthenware, in 1844. Eight men and women who have ancestral know-how, but above…
Color is one of the strong and identifying markers of the Faïencerie de Charolles. The color chart is fed twice a year, inspired by the changes in nature, an inexhaustible reserve of colors. For her fall collection, Aurélie Richard, Artistic Director of Faïencerie, has chosen to bring in soft and soothing colors, shades that capture…
Enter La Faïencerie de Charolles, push the doors of the workshop and let yourself be transported by 176 years of history. Years have passed, yet the actions remain the same. 8 earthenware makers painstakingly perpetuate each of the movements of their elders, mastering the ancestral art of the Manufacture to perfection. A historical know-how, exclusively…