BUILLET Yvette
The smell of wood has always been a familiar calling for her: her father Giuseppe Buillet is a well-known and highly regarded figure among the wood craftsmen of the Sant’Orso Fair in Aosta. Since childhood, Yvette has taken part in many activities in his workshop, showing a particular interest in creating flowers and small wooden objects.
Nurturing this passion allows her to maintain a strong connection to her land and her roots.
The wooden flowers she creates are inspired by three models: the daisy, the rose, and the edelweiss. Among these, she undoubtedly prefers the edelweiss, as it is the flower that immediately evokes the mountains.
LES AMIS DU BOIS
Les Amis du Bois is a small company that has been in the handicraft business for over fifty years and has participated in the millennial Sant’Orso Fair continuously since 1976. Its production consists mainly of grolles and friendship cups, two symbolic objects of Valdostan craftsmanship, but it also makes plates, mortars, bowls, cutting boards, sculptures and bas-reliefs, all made strictly of wood. The company also creates one-of-akind models to order: in the past, it has been commissioned to make some grolles to give to Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, frequent visitors to Introd as a vacation spot.