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  • Leena Ramesh posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Last night I went to a private viewing of Fireworks – Small paintings of big things by artist Asa Taulbut. His work is an exploration of volcanic landscapes and explosions and the evening also included a talk by a specialist volcanologist. I particularly liked how he incorporated both scientific and artistic elements during his creative process. If you are in the Deptford area I highly recommend popping into Klose & Soan to check them out, they’ll be on the walls until December! He also mentioned his next pieces will be glaciers, so I suggested he call the whole collection Fire & Ice!

     

  • Next, we visited the laboratory with Marion, who explained everything that happens before the production phase. This is where the exact quantities of each ingredient are determined to ensure the perfect balance in every formula. She also showed us the tests carried out on viscosity, color, and pH, all crucial to maintain color consistency across production batches. We also learned about the resistance tests that evaluate how paints react to factors like heat, cold, and humidity. It was very impressive and insightful to see the complexity and precision involved in developing each range of paints.

    Thank you to everyone I met yesterday for the warm welcome and for taking the time to share their passion and expertise with me!

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    Hier, j’ai eu l’occasion de visiter l’usine et le laboratoire Colart au Mans, en compagnie de Sophiane!

    Nous avons commencรฉ par une visite de l’usine, accompagnรฉs par Arnaud, qui nous a prรฉsentรฉ les diffรฉrents processus de fabrication pour chaque type de peinture (huile, acrylique, aquarelleโ€ฆ). C’รฉtait fascinant de dรฉcouvrir le savoir-faire et l’expertise qui se cachent derriรจre chaque produit. Nous avons ensuite observรฉ les chaรฎnes de remplissage des tubes et des pots, un processus impressionnant qui varie en fonction du format. Enfin, nous avons dรฉcouvert le vaste entrepรดt oรน tous les produits sont stockรฉs. L’ampleur des lieux et la prรฉcision de l’organisation รฉtaient vraiment impressionnantes !

    Nous avons ensuite visitรฉ le laboratoire avec Marion, qui nous a expliquรฉ tout ce qui se passe en amont de la phase de production. C’est lร  que les quantitรฉs de chaque ingrรฉdient sont dรฉterminรฉes afin de garantir un รฉquilibre parfait dans chaque formule. Elle nous a รฉgalement montrรฉ les tests effectuรฉs sur la viscositรฉ, la couleur et le pH, tous essentiels pour maintenir la cohรฉrence des couleurs entre les productions. Nous avons รฉgalement dรฉcouvert les tests de rรฉsistance qui รฉvaluent la rรฉaction des peintures ร  des facteurs tels que la chaleur, le froid et l’humiditรฉ. C’รฉtait trรจs impressionnant et instructif de voir la complexitรฉ et la prรฉcision nรฉcessaires au dรฉveloppement de chaque gamme de peintures.

    Merci ร  toutes les personnes que j’ai rencontrรฉes hier pour leur accueil et pour avoir pris le temps de partager leur passion et leur expertise avec moi !



    • Fantastic Clarisse! We are delighted that you enjoyed this special moment with the teams in Le Mans and that you appreciated the quality and strength of our production facilities! What a wonderful way for a new intern to get to know our brands and our world better! Thank you to the teams in Le Mans for their warm welcome and for sharing their knowledge and expertise with us!

    • Great way to get close to the heart of what Colart does!

  • Sophiane Bahi posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Osez peindre, ce nโ€™est pas seulement une signature de marque, nous la faisons vivre ร  travers des ateliers accessibles ร  tous, avec chaque mois une nouvelle discipline ร  dรฉcouvrir !Mardi, lโ€™atelier de gravure sur Tetrapak animรฉ par lโ€™artiste KitchenByLea (Lรฉa Marchet) a rencontrรฉ un vif succรจs. Les participants ont rรฉalisรฉ des de trรจs belles crรฉations et ont รฉgalement รฉtรฉ ravis et honorรฉs de pratiquer cet atelier au sein de la boutique Charbonnel, un lieu chargรฉ dโ€™histoire oรน Picasso, Pissarro, Degas et bien dโ€™autres venaient sโ€™approvisionner en matรฉriel dโ€™art au dรฉbut du XXแต‰ siรจcle.Lโ€™atelier, complet, sโ€™est dรฉroulรฉ dans une ambiance chaleureuse !
    Prochain rendez-vous : un atelier dโ€™initiation ร  lโ€™huile extra-fine en janvier, en รฉcho ร  notre campagne Huile Extra-Fine Giverny. Une belle occasion dโ€™oser se lancer dans cette technique emblรฉmatique !Dare to paint is more than just our brand signature, it is something we bring to life through workshops open to everyone, with a new artistic discipline to explore each month.This Tuesday, the Tetrapak engraving workshop led by artist KitchenByLea (Lรฉa Marchet) was a great success. Participants created some truly beautiful pieces and were delighted and honoured to take part in this workshop at the Charbonnel boutique, a historic venue where Picasso, Pissarro, Degas and many others once came to stock up on art supplies in the early 20th century.The workshop, which was fully booked, took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
    Next event: an introduction to fine oil painting in January, echoing our Giverny Fine Oil Paint campaign, a wonderful opportunity to dare to try this iconic technique.

  • Sara Brennan posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 4 months, 4 weeks ago

    https://prod.gowithyamo.com/events/ticketed_event/London-Art+Climate-Week-2

    Sharing for those London/UK based. Next week is London Art and Climate Week (sustainability and art = dream team!)

    Running alongside COP30, the UNโ€™s climate summit, Art+Climate Week invites you to explore how art can spark imagination, inspire change, and reframe how we think about our planetโ€™s future.

    Across five days, London will come alive with:

    โ€ข Public talks & discussionsโ€ข Creative workshops & family activitiesโ€ข Guided tours & exhibitionsโ€ข Live activations & events

     

     

  • Jeanette Bullock posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 4 months, 4 weeks ago

    🌭 Snazaroo Sausage Sizzle Success!

    Nothing brings people together quite like the smell of good food! Today we had our annual Sausage Sizzle which was, as always, a huge hit โ€” plenty of tasty bites, laughter, and great company all around.

    A big thank you to everyone who joined in, and an extra shout-out to our superstar grill master Lucy, who kept the sausages sizzling and the rolls perfectly filled. It was fantastic to see team members catching up and enjoying a relaxed lunch together.

    Events like this are what make Snazaroo such a great place to work โ€” a team that knows how to work hard, have fun, and share a good feed!

    😄 Warning: these photos may cause serious sausage envy!

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