"Anjou and design", in Saint-Martin collegiate church

An exhibition untitled "Anjou and design, the itinerary of a tought-out object" is welcomed from october 15th till january 11th at the Saint-Martin collegiate church to promote some local companies which choose to design and to realize objects like armchairs, lamps, handbags or paper hangings in Maine et Loire. Silversmith, ceramist, fine leather craftsman or furniture designers among others, all shows in this exhibition the birth of their objects.

Among these, the Deux filles en fil company designs handbags from recycled raw materials the consumer has to make up with scratches and press-buttons. The result is elegant and clever. Curiously, Japan culture is blooming in Maine-et-Loire with the home furniture of Hiroyuki Yamakado and Miki Nakamura who, with her husband Jean-Michel Letellier, both established in Trélazé, create huge paper panels Japan styled.

The exhibition of contemporary objects fits perfectly with the historical atmosphere of Saint-Martin collegiate church giving to these crafts the hope of a resurrection or a birth. Their breathless productions which mix art and utility have a soul.