The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Jewelery professions want to make young people dream

2022-12-01T16:13:59.450Z


REPORT - While the sector is struggling to recruit in France, Van Cleef & Arpels aspires to raise awareness among middle school students about the different facets of the profession, as part of its initiative in Lyon "From Hands to Hands".


Special envoy to Lyon

“Left hand on the peg of the workbench, index finger of the right hand on the tool

,” encourages Élodie, a jeweler for ten years at Van Cleef & Arpels.

All listening, two 4th graders from the Lyon college Les Battières, came with their class to the event organized by the jeweler until December 4 at the Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon.

“Do you hear the sound of your file on the metal?

It's the perfect sound, well done!

Very diligent, the teenagers, in white coats like the professionals, have in their hands a piece of brass representing the tail of a squirrel which they must adjust to the beaded gold frame of a brooch.

It's a work of patience as you can see… Do you have a sore thumb?

It's normal, it's a very good sign!

I also have a sore thumb sometimes!

In the adjoining alcove, three comrades must create a harmony between six stones among around thirty carnelians cut in Alhambra (the emblematic motif of the house created in 1968 and inspired by the clover…

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 90% left to discover.

Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.

Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Login

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2022-12-01

You may like

News/Politics 2024-02-16T15:21:11.475Z
News/Politics 2024-02-08T16:43:55.993Z

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-27T16:45:54.081Z
News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.