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											 											<table border="0" width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 												<tr> 													<td colspan="3"><img src="/maison/images/headerStory.gif" alt="Votre vcu" width="300" height="17" border="0"><br><img src="images/feature02mars04a.jpg" width="300" height="98" border="0" alt="Grande histoire d'amour et de verre"></td> 												</tr> 												<tr> 													<td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#7c975d"><img src="/images/global/trans.gif" width="6" height="10" border="0"></td> 													<td rowspan="2"><img src="/images/global/trans.gif" width="11" height="10" border="0"></td> 													<td><img src="/images/global/trans.gif" width="283" height="5" border="0"></td> 												</tr> 												<tr> 													<td><span class="head">Grande histoire d'amour et de verre</span><br><span class="deck">Pour Francesca Alepin Kneider, tout a commenc par une ide, une histoire d'amour et un lavabo.</span> 													<br><br><span class="byline">Par Andre-Anne 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Elle parle de ses crations et de son atelier, Hectarus, comme on parle d'une histoire d'amour. "Tout a commenc quand j'ai rencontr Orel Johnson, un artisan qui avait dj un grand savoir-faire en pices textures en verre. Je suis tombe en amour avec son art et avec lui!" raconte-t-elle.  											</p> 											<p> 											<span class="homeText">La naissance d'une passion</span><br> 											<strong>"Nous avons cr Hectarus pour tre ensemble et parce que nous voulions crer des produits uniques</strong> dans le domaine du design. Peu aprs, nous avons lanc une collection de lavabos en verre. Ils ont t prsents au Salon international du design d'intrieur de Montral (SIDIM) en 1992 et ont remport un prix d'excellence. Ils ont aussi attir l'attention d'un acheteur de New York qui nous a propulss sur le march amricain, puis sur le march international. C'est seulement ensuite qu'on nous a remarqus sur le march montralais!" 											<br><br><strong>Depuis, Hectarus est devenu un atelier de cration de verre vitrifi de classe mondiale.</strong> "On ne se limite plus aux lavabos, bien sr. Nous travaillons beaucoup avec les particuliers pour rpondre  leurs besoins et crer des objets uniques. Les limites ne sont dictes que par le march et l'imagination!" Ainsi, Mme Alepin Kneider dessine planchers, plafonds, tables, douches, escaliers et lampes, pour ne nommer que ceux-l. Son atelier a rcemment cr les verreries de la nouvelle ambassade des tats-Unis  Ottawa.  											<br><br><strong>"Je m'inspire de mes voyages et de mes conversations avec les gens que je rencontre.</strong> Je consacre beaucoup de temps  faire le vide en moi pour accueillir de nouvelles ides. En plus d'tre artiste et designer, je m'occupe du ct administratif et logistique de mon entreprise. Cela me demande une implication  100%." 											</p> 											<img src="images/vecu02mars04a.jpg" width="98" height="98" border="0" align="left"> 											<p> 											<span class="homeText">Le verre: sduisant et utile</span><br> 											<strong>"Les gens craignent parfois le verre parce qu'ils le croient fragile. Pourtant, il est plus rsistant que la porcelaine et ne s'use pratiquement pas.</strong> On l'entretien de la mme faon que les fentres. Le verre est polyvalent et utilitaire puisqu'il s'adapte  tous les styles - antique, moderne, futuriste - et s'intgre aisment dans toutes les pices. C'est un peu comme un bijou pour la maison, un accessoire qui fait parler de lui." 											</p> 											<img src="images/vecu02mars04b.jpg" width="98" height="98" border="0" align="left"> 											<p> 											<span class="homeText">Une tendance qui n'est pas prs de s'essouffler</span><br> 											<strong>"Le verre est partout maintenant. La tendance arrive tout juste au Qubec,</strong> mais elle existe depuis dix ans aux tats-Unis. De plus en plus, les gens veulent possder des pices uniques; ils sont surpris de voir que leur acquisition n'est pas rserve aux millionnaires. Pour nous, il n'y a pas de limites  l'usage du verre. Chaque projet termin fait avancer les techniques, donne de nouvelles ides." 											<br><br><strong>"Je crois que le verre sera de plus en plus prsent dans les annes  venir.</strong> Comme artisane et dessinatrice, je dois concentrer mon nergie sur ma vision et orienter ma passion vers les tendances de l'avenir. 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