CRAFT MÉTIERS

Couturier, Leather Goods Artisan, Trunkmaker, Bootmaker, Embroiderer, Eyeware Maker, Milliner, Jeweler, Gemmologist, Watchmaker, Barrel Maker, Winegrower, Pastry Chef, Sommelier, Nautical Woodworker and more…

DEFINITION

Craft métiers cover activities that directly involve the design and making of products in workshops and manufactures. This includes knowing how to select materials, design and assemble the different pieces of a product, and ensuring impeccable quality at each step of the production.

QUALITIES REQUIRED

These métiers require rigorous professionalism, attention to detail, organization, creativity, curiosity and patience.

Craft métiers are anchored in passion.

OUR EXCEPTIONAL TALENTS

I’m a Master Bootmaker, which means I make bespoke shoes that are crafted entirely by hand. I first meet with my clients several times to understand exactly what they want. Then I have them try on an initial model. And finally I present the finished shoes to them. The entire process takes about nine months. I make the wooden last – which replicates the interior shape of the shoe – and then I supervise the key steps in the process, the upper, assembly and lastly, creating the patina.