On the outer boulevard of Tarbes, opposite the Solazur district and the boulevard pharmacy, Céline Pascoal, furniture seamstress, has opened a boutique workshop space which brings together around ten local designers. Ideal for those looking for Christmas gifts.
“A space to highlight craftsmanship and share it”: this is how Céline Pascoal sums up her Métamorphoz & Co boutique workshop project, at 15 boulevard de Lattre de Tassigny, opposite the Solazur district. However, about five years ago, the woman who attended literature school, after a BTS in communications and advertising, had her (rail) path all mapped out as a senior executive at the SNCF.
But after 23 years at a breakneck pace, professional burnout led him to change path and return to his first childhood loves to embrace his mother’s artistic vocation.
“I started to think about the meaning of my life”
“She led workshops for adults and activities for children in an SNCF social center. She introduced me to painting on silk, on porcelain, pyrography, etc.
I started to think about the meaning of my life and it was obvious to find meaning in doing something with my own hands. I trained in particular in furniture makeover and interior design.
Then a customer from Pau who needed to redo a lampshade gave me the idea of getting into this type of craft. One thing led to another, and I also trained in sewing for curtains and cushions” says Céline Pascoal, who wanted to move from shadow to light.
“I found it a shame to stay hidden at home. I wanted to have visibility and I wanted to be able to welcome my customers so that they could choose “custom” materials in a more comfortable way and develop my offer” explains the lampshade maker and furniture seamstress.
Around ten very diverse local artisans
Its 130 m2 workshop shop space is not only dedicated to its creations but brings together around ten local artisans: bags and accessories in canvas and Tatana fabric from Emmanuelle Guilbault, the pottery from La Sourishante in Arcizac-Adour, the wooden objects by Jean-François Crance from Tarbes (pens and rugby balls) and Faustin Wood from Nay (cutting boards, cutlery, lamps, bricks, glass supports, etc.), the paintings of her ex-husband Thierry Pascoal, painter, the Saint-Sébastien workshop for creating lamps by Cyrille Launay, the creations from stained glass windows by Kréa d’Azun (mirrors, lamps, flowers, earrings), dried flower creations from Petite Pyrène in Campan, particularly to decorate your Christmas tables, etc.
Métamorphoz & Co is much more than a place for exhibition and sale of artisanal creations. Céline Pascoal and her network of artisans wish to share their know-how, by offering several creative workshops (sewing, furniture makeover in particular) and transmit the values of craftsmanship on a human and local scale.
Céline Pascoal admits “a Don Quixote side. I want to bring authenticity and locality to this globalized world where everything looks the same and comes from the same place, at low cost. My ultimate goal is to be able to demonstrate that ‘an economic model of craftsmanship is possible, and to share it.’
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., exceptionally Sunday December 22 and Monday December 23 afternoon. Workshop open days Saturday January 18.
