Do you remember when you were little and would walk in the candy store ? Or into any store containing stuff you liked ? comics books, cakes, colored pencils...
Well, this is how I feel every time I visit Championnet Carrelages in Paris.
I got off the plane on June 21st at Paris Charles de Gaulle. My daughter Mathilde, also a talented mosaicist, picked me up and we went directly to Championnet's.
A dream come true ! Every time I get there I feel like Ali Baba when he got into the treasure cave...
I visit this place about once a year and bring back quite a load of tiles from them.
They carry an amazing choice of gorgeous ceramic; stone and glass tiles, from the most ordinary to amazing.
Not that much smalti, but their collection is growing and I brought back a few beautiful red and yellow ones this year in my bag.
No problem of this kind here, what you see is what you get !
I do not know of a better place to purchase tesserae
I
usually purchase my glass tiles on line, and I am generally quite
satisfied this way, however, in a few cases, the color of the tiles I
received was not what I had in mind when I ordered. This happens
because of your computer screen or your browser's settings. The same
thing can also happen when you order something printed on paper from a
book.No problem of this kind here, what you see is what you get !
After our visit to the candy store, Mathilde and I stopped by the Cafe de la Renaissance a few hundred yards from the Rue Championnet, where I enjoyed my first shot of French Express Cafe !
Do you recognize this place ? It is a very beautiful and traditional French Cafe, most everything must date from the 30's, and part of the movie Inglorious Basterds was shot in this place.
Do you recognize this place ? It is a very beautiful and traditional French Cafe, most everything must date from the 30's, and part of the movie Inglorious Basterds was shot in this place.
The following wee, after I installed Mariam in her new home of Normandy, I drove down to Provence with my parents.
A new shop had opened in Manosque, selling local farmers production...
I was back in the Candy Store !
If you have questions about the wonderful art of mosaics, if you have a special dream that you wish to explore, or would like to purchase one of my pieces, please contact me by email at frederic.lecut@gmail.com or by phone at (334) 798 1639.
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