Léa's Pottery Workshop

The Earth in slow motion
In the heart of Domaine La Parpaille, Léa creates delicate ceramics inspired by Provence, simple gestures, and a love of detail. Offering pieces for the home, takeaway creations, and workshops, the studio gently and poetically extends the art of living that surrounds the estate.

Léa's Pottery Workshop

The Earth in slow motion
In the heart of Domaine La Parpaille, Léa creates delicate ceramics inspired by Provence, simple gestures, and a love of detail. Offering pieces for the home, takeaway creations, and workshops, the studio gently and poetically extends the art of living that surrounds the estate.
Léa's Pottery Workshop was born from a simple desire: to return to the essentials.

Here, pottery engages in a dialogue with the light of the Luberon, the breakfasts at the Domaine, Eve's table, the beauty of a carefully repeated gesture. People come to look, feel, create. And sometimes leave with an object shaped by their own hands, like a tangible souvenir of the time spent at La Parpaille.

Léa's universe

Two passions gave birth to this workshop: working with clay and the art of words. Creating a piece means rediscovering the slow, deliberate gesture. It also means paying attention to what we no longer see when everything moves too fast.

From a very young age, Léa discovered the joy of working with clay. In Pertuis, her childhood Wednesdays were spent in a pottery workshop, her hands immersed in clay. Over the years, her perspective has been enriched by words, a sense of service, and life at the Domaine.

Today, her ceramics extend what she deeply loves: creating with her hands, observing, feeling and transmitting. Each piece is born from a simple gesture and a particular attention paid to materials, textures and the emotion that an object can carry.

At Domaine La Parpaille, this philosophy naturally finds its place. Here, life slows down to be better appreciated. The Slow Workshop is part of this experience, blending nature, tranquility, and the art of hospitality.

Alongside of Eve and her living cuisine, Léa reveals another facet of the soul of the place: that of matter and creation. Two worlds that complement each other, driven by the same desire: to offer genuine moments.

Touching the material, slowing down the pace, letting the hands think differently.
From July 1 to August 31

Thursday's slow workshops

Experience ceramics

Every Thursday of July 1st to August 31st, of 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Experience a creative break at Léa's Workshop.

During two hours of pottery, Put your hands in the soil, let yourself be guided step by step and shape your own piece in a gentle and friendly atmosphere.
The workshop continues with a homemade afternoon snack served in the courtyard, to fully savor this timeless moment.
Reservations must be made at least one day in advance.

55€ per person

The creations

Small ceramic pots turned on a potter's wheel, ready to be fired.
The slow moment
A raw terracotta teapot placed on a veneer, with a white jar in the background.
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Three raw terracotta vases, placed on a board, ready to be fired.
Slow pot
Terracotta pottery being shaped on a potter's wheel, a unique handcrafted creation.
The slow moment

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Domaine La Parpaille reopens its doors on March 1, 2024

Reservations for our rooms and houses are now available online for the 2024 season. We also have some nice surprises and new features in store for you. Stay tuned to find out more!

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