La Pierre et son décor. Edition Vial

Les Editions Vial publient 4 ouvrages intéressants sur le travail de la pierre.

Tome 3 : éléments sculptés

Public :

Toute personne s’intéressant à la taille de la pierre et à la sculpture ornementale : futurs artisans, jeunes professionnels ainsi que ceux qui sont plus confirmés, antiquaires spécialisés, architectes, amoureux des vieilles pierres.

Ce troisième volume présente différents supports en pierre recevant des ornements sculptés. Le chapitre sur les fontaines reprend la méthode descriptive de leur réalisation et de leur installation, permettant à l’artisan de mener un chantier en toute connaissance de cause. Les chapitres sur la chronologie des styles et sur l’héraldique complètent les connaissances indispensables à la pratique du métier de sculpteur sur pierre.

Sommaire :

Les puits, les fontaines, les piétements de tables, les vases, les chapiteaux, l’héraldique, la chronologie des styles.

The CTMNC

The CTMNC has a wide range of scientific and technical expertise. Technicians, engineers, academics or doctors, the CTMNC's women and men trades are linked to:

- chemistry

- physics

- the science of ceramic materials

- thermal

- acoustics

- the mecanic

- civil engineering and construction

- the environment

- quality and certification

- geology

- pedagogy

- standardization

- the documentation

- the old technology.

Among its 66 employees, there are as many beginners as well as highly experienced professionals, and the gender balance is respected.

The CTMNC is made up of 2 departments:

"Tiles and Bricks" and "Ornamental and Construction Rocks", which work in close collaboration.

Missions focus on expertise and innovation.

The privileged interlocutors are manufacturers of terracotta products and natural stone manufacturers. The CTMNC provides them with expertise in:

- representation of the professions in the

Standardization and regulation,

French and European,

- realization of dozens of complex tests

On products or on works,

- guarantee of quality systems

On manufacturing sites,

- training of workers, technicians, engineers ...

The CTMNC also tests research tracks

And Development, in order to accompany industrialists

In their strategies for addressing energy and climate challenges by the 2050 deadline.

The services offered in the field of innovation are:

- improving the performance of their products,

- the use of advanced techniques,

- the development of laboratories of ideas.

Concours d'architecture in natural stone

The Syndicat SNROC and the magazine Pierre Actual organize an architectural competition to reward works made of natural stone extracted or transformed in France.

Several categories were selected

-Building

-Constructions and roads

- Miscellaneous achievements

In addition, a special prize and a great prize will be awarded.

The winners will be crowned during the Rocalia fair, which will be held in Lyon in December 2017.

For more information please contact Pierre Actual at +33 (0) 4 72 24 89 33

EUROPEAN FESTIVAL OF THE STONE 2017

MAY 19 TO 21, IN KISKUNFELEGHÁZA, IN HUNGARY

Welcome to the European Stone Festival 2017

Thank you for your interest in the European Stone Festival, a meeting point for stone cutters and sculptors from all over the world.

What is the European Festival of Stone?

From 19 to 21 May 2017, we will welcome more than 120 young stone cutters and sculptors from around the world to Kiskunfélegháza. They will have the opportunity to showcase their skills and creativity to a wide audience.

Since the end of the 1990s, in Freiburg in Brisgau, the festival has become very popular and has already been present in many European countries. The city of Kiskunfélegháza is strongly associated with the secezzion and the Puszta. This year the festival is organized by the Association of Stonecutters and Sculptors of Hungary and the City of Kiskunfélegháza.

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Registration

If you are an apprentice, companion or master stonecutter or sculptor and you wish to participate in the festival in Kiskunfélegháza, you can register until 05 March 2017.

So you'll enjoy a long weekend of the festival's special atmosphere to meet, work and enjoy with colleagues from around the world. You are interested? If so, please click on registration.

What does the European Stone Festival offer to visitors?

Visitors will have a unique opportunity to see artisans very closely and watch them work over their shoulders. The festival will present the fascinating world of art and stone and of course there will also be a number of regional specialties. The visitor will have time to observe the progress of the work on the stone, to relax with good music and to have a small snack. The last festival in Salzburg in 2016 saw more than 15,000 visitors.