{"id":9962,"date":"2019-07-21T16:37:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/?p=9962"},"modified":"2019-07-21T16:38:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:38:41","slug":"in-the-ochre-heart-of-provence-roussillon-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/en\/in-the-ochre-heart-of-provence-roussillon-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In the &#8220;Ochre heart&#8221; of Provence, Roussillon, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After visiting the mines, we took the car and not far away, only two kilometers, we found <a href=\"https:\/\/okhra.com\/pratique\/plan-usine-mathieu\/\">the old Mathieu factory<\/a>.\u00a0An old ocher factory, which produced about 1,000 tons of material a year, until 1963. It was then abandoned for many years until Barbara and Mathieu Barrois discovered the place, felt in love and decide to rescue it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9964 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-2-906x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-2-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-2-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9971\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9971\" class=\"wp-image-9971 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-9-1024x809.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-9-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-9-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The clothes of the workers were impregnated with color, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was then converted into a cooperative society of cultural and patrimonial interest named the <a href=\"https:\/\/okhra.com\">\u201c\u00d4khra, Conservatory of ocher and color\u201d<\/a>. A place where history is exposed. Where knowledge about colors is also imparted through numerous training courses to learn the old tecchniques.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9969\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9969\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9969\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-7-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-7-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A detail in the formation center in \u00f4khra,\u00a0\u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9970\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9970\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9970\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-8-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-8-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le centre de formation d&#8217;\u00f4khra, Masterclass,\u00a0\u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the Arts training center, much emphasis is placed on the transmission of knowledge, both current and old. In the understanding of the materials and how they are used in an artisanal way. In a privileged environment and with the support of professionals and masters in ancient techniques such as Pastel, varnish, Oil, or tempera, we enter in a world of discovery, in which materials such as fresco, handmade paper, lime, plaster, etc. take life again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9976\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9976\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9976\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-14-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-14-1024x807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-14-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A look to the old warehouse of materials,\u00a0\u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9972 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-10-1024x809.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-10-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-10-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every year, very interesting training workshops are held! \u00a0There are activities and all kind of \u201cAteliers\u201d for adults and also for children! The path in the heart of the ponds and buildings is dotted with panels illustrated with technical drawings, photographs of the plant in operation in 1942 and enriched by the testimony of the former foreman of the Mathieu plant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9977\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9977\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9977\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-713x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old barrels and details of the factory, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9965\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9965\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9965\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-3-906x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-3-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-3-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"0\">Old oven in which the material was baked,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1942, the Mathieu family owns two quarries in Roussillon, one partially underground, in Pierroux, while the other one is open-pit mine near the Factory, on the other side of the road. The mixture of sand and ochre is delivered to the Factory by truck\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9967\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9967\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9967\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-5-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-5-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-5-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"0\">Mill and treatment area of the red material, L\u00b4usine de Mathieu,\u00a0\u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9966 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-4-906x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-4-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-4-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ochre was crushed, ground and sifted. To pack down the ochre correctly, the barrels are pressed three times. Each barrel weighs between 50 and 250 Kg. The client\u00b4s name, the destination and the quality of the ochre were stenciled on the barrel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10005 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-16-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-16-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-16-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-16.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9968\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9968\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9968\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-6-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-6-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-Okhra-6-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pure ochre pigment!!\u00a0\u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We can visit the old factory and see how all the process of the production was made years ago, in rooms that look directly into the past. It is, in some way, like being inside an old picture a century ago or traveling to the past\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After visiting the mines, we took the car and not far away, only two kilometers, we found the old Mathieu factory.\u00a0An old ocher factory, which produced about 1,000 tons of material a year, until 1963. 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