Glass, this bewitching material, reveals some of these secrets to you during the Glass Biennale, in a beautiful village full of character: Le Crozet. Enjoy a nice late summer outing and taste this meeting place for artistic creation in glass art. A beautiful moment of discoveries and exchanges with the artists.
August 24-25, 2024
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Glass Biennial at Le Crozet © Marie-Therese Nouvellet
Formerly in the Bourbonnais mountains and mounts of the Madeleine, the art of glassmaking flourished in the XNUMXth centurye century.
Le glassware plateau, natural site of Roannais, is the witness and bears this name in reference to the glassmakers who came to settle in Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs. The region had everything it needed for this art: silica to make glass and forests to fuel the furnaces. The activity flourished until the Revolution.
In homage to this very particular art, the Syndicat d'Initiative du Crozet created a glassmakers' market in 2002 in this beautiful village full of character.
First a market and then a festival in 2011, in 2018 it became a glass biennial to respond to an organization and an ever richer and more interesting program for visitors.
2024 Edition: glass in nature and water
For the 19th edition, the association chose the theme of water and its different colors. This theme will punctuate this biennial.
So you will find workshops and conferences throughout the weekend:
- Become an artist thanks to the creative workshop of Angélique and Norbert Tritschler,
- Attend the marvelous ballet of glass blowing with a cane by Laurence Pellin and Sylvain Ferro,
- Philippe Litou will make you think about respecting the environment: glass frosted by the sea, infinitely recyclable glass...
2 days dedicated to this material of glass and all the ways of working with it with emphasis on the theme of water and its colors.
Key dates
- 2002 : 1st 1-day edition of the Glassmakers' Market,
- 2005 : The event, at the request of the glassmakers, takes place over 2 days,
- 2010 : The Friends of Old Crozet association and its museum are taking over the organization of this event,
- 2011 : Le Crozet becomes a glass village, and the market becomes a festival,
- 2018 : For a quality edition, the festival becomes the glass biennial.
The glass biennial: uevent combining heritage and creativity
The characterful village of Crozet welcomes this event every 2 years within its walls steeped in history. You can stroll through the alleys of the village to meet these men and women passionate about their profession. You will also be able to discover the various stalls usually closed to the public.
Glass is a noble material, bewitching to work with. The glass biennial is a living demonstration of the infinite number of creations that can come to life in this material.
Blowing, spinning, fusing, thermoforming, sculpture, stained glass ... so many techniques are revealed to you by the glassmakers present for a weekend at Le Crozet!
From simplicity to sumptuousness, or extreme finesse, from transparency to the brilliance of colors and light, come and admire all these works!
A date to remember, the last weekend of August!
It's easy to remember, it's always the last weekend of August that the biennial takes place at Le Crozet. Each edition has a theme and brings together renowned guests who always promise beautiful moments of exchange.
This show-exhibition occupies the various historical places of the village of Crozet! Each artist reveals his works, his know-how at the option of several meetings: conference, workshop, training!
And if by chance the desire to create you take, young and old, you can discover the blowing or fusing in initiation workshops.
The glass biennial, ugreat and beautiful event
Le Crozet, glass village since 2011, has become part of the restricted area of glass events that count in France and internationally, such as the festivals of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, Strasbourg and Colombes. A beautiful national influence for this village and this art.
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Lucile's opinion
It is one of these meetings that we never forget, a late summer and this special atmosphere of this village of Crozet that I appreciate so much. Glass work is always captivating and I admire the creations made.
