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Atelier de Planois

Planois hamlet, Basse-sur-le-Rupt, near La Bresse · France

Hand-turned wooden toys and puzzles

What you’ll find

What Atelier de Planois is known for

Christine Marbacher-Quintard turns and hand-paints wooden toys, puzzles, and home objects from locally sourced Vosges wood in a small workshop and showroom in the Planois hamlet, on the departmental road linking Vagney to La Bresse. During school holidays she opens the workshop floor for chantournage (fretwork woodturning) demonstrations, giving visitors a direct look at how each piece is shaped and finished with water-based paint and natural varnish.