Collection · Artisans and crafts

Gestures, materials and lives.

Three volumes meeting the women and men who preserve, reinvent and pass on specialist skills across French-speaking Switzerland.

Craftswoman in her workshop

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Living heritage

Each portrait takes the time to tell a personal journey, a workshop, a material and a vision of the craft. Photography and narrative come together as a sensitive record of contemporary craftsmanship.

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Three volumes

The collection brings together dozens of encounters across French-speaking Switzerland. It is produced with the Arthéna association, which champions the recognition and transmission of fine crafts.

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