Monthly Archives May 2019

Refreshing and convivial moments spent with self-taught artist Fabrice Martinez recently, a quiet spoken person who does not search to be propelled into the limelight whatsoever, but radiates through his passion, displaying wellbeing and equilibrium. A family man, who paints at home and not at all in silence, life can continue around him without upsetting his artistic flow – he took the trouble to stress this fact with me with a broad smile, also mentioning he doesn’t have any particular choice of time of day or night to paint. From Ajaccio, he spent five years in Aix-en-Provence at the Faculté d’Arts Plastiques. Since he was eight years of age, Fabrice has been creating; this would be connected to the fact that he used to offer workshops for children in the past...

The first stone of this historical monument was laid in 1924, by Monseigneur Simeone, and the official consecration followed on June 7th,1929 with Monseigneur Rodié – being the feast day of the Sacred Heart. Of neo-Byzantine appearance, decorative and tasteful, it was built in tribute to those who had died during the Great War.

Inside, simplicity of decoration can be observed, stained glass windows standing out, a creation by Valentine Reyree. A guest book can be consulted, where one can read the names of the 351 Ajaccians who had died for their country.

Image: Let’s Talk About Corsica

‘Quality never goes out of style‘ 

This is the phrase which can be discovered on Renaud Imbert’s professional business card. For around thirty years, this leather craftsman has been devoted to his passion, also becoming a cobbler, which he has been practising for twenty years now – having worked with many distinguished marks, notably Hermès. Oddly enough, there are no particular studies required to become a cobbler, and there obviously appears to be a revival of the profession these days – he doesn’t agree with what has been said, that it had become ‘a lost art’. Renaud Imbert considers himself a craftsman first, and less an artist...