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For the 38th edition of Les Tupiniers du Vieux Lyon,
we invite you to discover the exhibition
"CUIRE ET CONSERVER".

This exhibition is like an open-air museum. We have invited ceramics museums from several regions of France to present their collections of culinary pottery and tell us about their traditions and history. With this theme, we want to showcase these simple objects, which are returning to the heart of our daily lives and reappearing on the tables and cookers of our homes.

In these times of ecological questioning and the impact of industrial overproduction, the younger generation of ceramists is showing a growing desire to make meaningful pottery inspired by ancestral traditions. We've invited five of them to take a fresh look at our "FIRE AND PRESERVE" theme, and to engage in a dialogue with traditional museum pottery.

Young ceramists are concerned with ecology and sustainability, and this is reflected in their proposals for modest, useful pottery, preferably made from local materials and using less energy in the firing process. This militant struggle is embodied by the FAIRE argile collective, who are also among our guests.

Of course, the Tupiniers are also 120 talented ceramists from all over Europe, gathered in the Place St-Jean and the surrounding streets to present their work: utilitarian, sculptural, jewellery and decorative, a wide range of contemporary ceramics is on offer to the public.
Over the years, the Tupiniers market in Vieux Lyon has become a not-to-be-missed event for ceramics lovers and enthusiasts.

We hope that this new edition will once again offer you a warm encounter with today's ceramics.

The Tupiniers team