[Artisant building suite of a medieval castle] [30]

As promised, I present 30 photos showing us artisans at work transforming the raw material into essential element for the construction of the castle of Guedelon.

You can see in this photo another angle with a very wet area.

A small shelter open to the four winds allows the wooden plank to dry more quickly and also a place to work in the shelter of inclement weather

Stoque of wooden tiles ready to cover the future house which will house a refectory that you will find a little further down in this post

A Chariot made by the local chartier with the trees that surround the castle, at least what remains.

Here you can see the workshop that manufactures the floor tiles. The tomette is a mostly square pave made of baked clay to harden it. It is used to cover all the grounds of the castle and also of the bourgeois houses in order to avoid walking on beaten earth.

Here this man sorts the clay in order to check if there are no stones in it, he could burst the tommette during cooking.

The worker foreman makes the tommettes for him using molds.
Some tommettes are cooked in advance and cut diagonally to facilitate installation. It sometimes happened that the terracotta was also tinted in the mass.

You can already see the first stage or the dried terracotta before cooking. I unfortunately do not have an image showing cooking

you can see from afar the size of the workshop

This small house serves as a drying place you can see the finne openings in the walls to let the air pass.

A basin filled with water to use as a reserve for making pottery

To project us even further into the atmosphere, they created an enclosure with 4 pigs that they found at that time.

I admit I was surprised to see pigs like this. Have even wondered where their eyes are hahaha

The house of the artisan dyer. It manufactures dyes of vegetable and mineral origin, for example for tommettes, fabrics or even enamels.

In this photo he reminds me of an alchemist or a druid

A small fireside with pottery to activate the transformation of its products into colors

He told us he wanted to try mixing mineral dyes with vegetla dyes to choose a color that would represent the colors of the castle.

Her assistant at work, she grinds ocher

Here you have the oven which allows the cooking of all that is in clay (pottery and tommette see even tiles and plates)

The weaving and carding workshop. The craftsman explained to us that he used several raw materials to make fabrics or ropes.
Hemp
Nettle
Wool

Two people posing after changing the bedding of the horses, he still has the pitchfork in his hand

A future refectoir dedicated to the craftsmen of the site the carpenter has already done well, now remains for the roofer to do his work

I don't know if you've noticed, but there isn't a single weed sticking out. Mud everywhere on the site Fortunately we had boots for the visit.

The tree was chipped and used as is

The famous wooden tiles, waiting to be put on this carbet

A view of the castle but my real sible for this image is the mud that reigns everywhere

Who says castle says war and enemy this wooden tower 400 m from the castle allowed to keep watch and also to protect humans and wild animals such as wolves and bears. You should know that this type of tower was perched on the hill, she could all see each other.

Our carpenter walking around the site

**Hmmm here is the lung cancer chamber. Under the great room of the chateau was to house the oven room. It is a dedicated space for kneading bread and baking. I returned to take a picture but the wood smoke that reigned in this place was unbearable.
At that time, the baker had an interesting statue, he ate not too badly and was hot in winters. But surely must have died young at the cost of smoking it with wood. The photo is blurry from the smoke

Blacksmith's workshop all his tools were made here, you can see the forge behind. He manufactures all the gun nails or wheel clamping. A workshop as essential as the others

All original photos @Cyboule.