The lace market of Vauvert (in October 6 and 7)

The second exhibition was entitled " Grain of Barley and flower of salt ". The creations of the pupils of the Studios of Vauvert's cultural centre, quite more surprising the some than the others were presented to it. The pupils of this studio have the luck to have Marie-Thérèse Bonniol as professor. We shall find in the presented works all the imagination and the creativity of Marie - Thérèse.

Principle of cristalisation: By natural evaporation, the content in salt increases gradually up to the previous saturation point the crystallization of sodium chloride. In this stage, the salt, up to here in solution, is going to cristaliser.
To obtain some sea salt, it is necessary by continuous concentration, to bring the sea water until saturation and to provoke the cristalisation on surfaces fitted out for that purpose: salantes tables or crystallizers. The sea water, become saturated brine, feeds salantes tables. The salt settles on these surfaces and of April at the end of August, the deposit of salt will be made in the form of a layer of crystals 10 cms in thickness about.

The cristalisation of the lace: laces are immersed in the hanging salterns Camargais 2 in 7 days, One lets them dry and the salt crystallizes. Crystals stick to the lace by giving a époustoufflant result. Please , see rather:

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