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at the restaurant La Table des Pères

At the rotisserie Le Re-Père

An artistic workshop

A professional event

A wedding

Take home your work
Our courses and workshops

Château des Pères invites you to immerse yourself in an artist's workshop for a few hours or a full day. Sylvie, Gwénaël, Aude, Marta, Marc and Mickaël will usher you into their world and guide you in creating your own artwork.

Try your hand at sculpting with wood, metal or stone, modelling with paper or making pottery. You will learn to work with the material, model it, sculpt it, shape it and create art with your own hands, even if you have never done it before.

Whether you come by yourself or with family or friends, each step will be organised into small groups so everyone gets individualised support.

Explore details about the various workshops below.

Aude Clabé and Marta Lavina Pottery workshop

Explore the sensations of centrifugal force while working clay with Aude Clabé and Marta Lavina. After talking about the clay and techniques for preparing the material, you will play with and gradually learn the methods for creating objects on the wheel.

Progressive, adapted exercises will allow you to develop new skills at your own pace. Experienced potters will enjoy courses on throwing or an intro to slab construction. The test objects and pieces created will be available to take home after firing.

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Gwénaël des Garennes Paper modelling workshop

The artist will show you how to create sculptures primarily from paper. During this day-long workshop, you will be able to use various techniques and learn the steps to create your own sculpture. You will leave with a work you created yourself.

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Marc Georgeault Wood workshop

Introduction – Marc offers a tailor-made workshop for any level. He will guide beginners and teach them the methods for best using tools and understanding the particularities of wood. You will leave with a piece that you worked together to sculpt throughout the day. You will also have the techniques, steps and vision to create a wood sculpture on your own.

Development – This workshop helps you go further with your technique and integrate the idea of volume into your sculpting work.

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Mickaël Bigot Metal workshop

Mickaël Bigot is a sculptor and artist who only works with recycled metal. There are no prerequisites for working with metal. Even those who are complete beginners can create an appealing piece in a short timeframe. Over the course of a day, you will learn cutting, grinding, assembling and arc welding techniques. You will leave with a work of art you have sculpted yourself.

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Sylvie Icher Stone sculpture workshop

Sculptor Sylvie Icher helps you learn the tools you need to create an entire sculpted work. After a day in the workshop with Sylvie, you will be able to bring to life a personal project from a drawing or small 3D model. You will explore the different types of stone, including soapstone (steatite) whose softness makes it ideal for creating your first sculptures and harder stones on which you can try out various shaping tools and techniques. At the end of the day, you will leave with a sculpture you have created yourself and memories of an exceptional experience.

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