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"HERITAGE x [R]EVOLUTION"
A trunk-maker of French Maine settles in Paris
500 years later: the tribute to Jean and Nicolas
In
2009, Jean-Pierre Bal, founding malletier of the PARÉ school, launched in Belgium
a pilot-project with a structured curriculum in the malletier
profession (note: not the fine leather goods' craft); inviting and
guiding
trainees from other schools of related craftsmanship areas. In 2018, European
Year of Cultural Heritage, he launched the GILBERT school in Belgium.
Nicolas Gilbert, a Brussels' malletier, was a contemporary of Jean Paré.
The new
school,
a world premiere, actually took on the shape of a renaissance. In
former
In truth more than 60 years had passed since the last school offering a classical malletier training, in Paris for that matter, relinquished that education path. Bringing in all of his experience, Mr. Bal created a first new school of malletier art and craft in Belgium. Then, since he had also been active in French higher education for more than twelve years, the launch of the second school, in France, tribute to Jean Paré, as well as the launch of the PARÉ brand, naturally followed. It's a 500 years' jump, from the 16th to 21st century; a journey that only just started...
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