« Engraver and medal maker, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, I create and produce high end punches and dies for the striking of medals and derivatives, embossing dies, business cards and letterhead, trophies, punches for cold stamping, metal sculpture and restoration of artefacts. »– Nicolas Salagnac

Showcase

The works of Nicolas Salagnac
Medals, Trophies, Embossing, Sculptures...

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Creation of a medal for the Ordre français du Rayonnement Gastronomique, for Guillaume Gomez MOF cuisinier, ambassador of the President [...]
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Patrick JOUENNE, MOF carpenter in 2011 and head of the carpenters for the spire and transepts of Notre-Dame de Paris, [...]
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Friday, November 18, 2022, was the second Congress of the Fighter Force where were gathered at the Musée de l'Air [...]
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Creation of a medal diameter 80 mm, obverse and reverse modeled, struck in bronze, white silver patina for the anniversary [...]
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The association of the Friends of the Franc, entrusts the creation and engraving to Nicolas Salagnac for this coin/medal, based [...]
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The first tourist coin from the Louvre Museum affect its female icons : The famous Joconde (Mona Lisa from Léonard [...]

Events

from yesterday...

Engraving's archives
Lyon, France and all other the World

...and tomorrow

Exhibitions, meetings, demonstrations
around the professions of engraving, and art

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Friday, November 18, 2022, was the second Congress of the Fighter Force where were gathered at the Musée de l'Air [...]
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Creation of a medal diameter 80 mm, obverse and reverse modeled, struck in bronze, white silver patina for the anniversary [...]
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European Crafts Days - JEMA From 6 to 11 April 2021: Discovering the craftsmen of art - video, podcasts and [...]
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The 35th FIDEM Congress, in Ottawa, Canada, has just closed its doors. A unique moment to meet world players on [...]

Videos

Closest to the engraver and the artist's creations,
in Lyon and around the world, in video

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Patrick JOUENNE, MOF carpenter in 2011 and head of the carpenters for the spire and transepts of Notre-Dame de Paris, [...]
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Creation of a medal diameter 80 mm, obverse and reverse modeled, struck in bronze, white silver patina for the anniversary [...]

Nicolas Salagnac

From the Boulle school to the profession of engraver,
prizes, competitions and experiences

Career

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The Prefect of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region, Michel Delpuech, presents the medal of the National Order of Merit to Nicolas [...]
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The 25th "One of the Best Craftsmen in France" competition is open since February 6th, 2013. For this new contest, [...]
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Mandatory subject of the 21st competition of ‘One of the Best Craftsmen in France’, steel engraving - period 1997-2000. Based [...]

Workshop

Designing and making a medal A medal can be made using three different techniques : 1 – Hand engraving or « direct [...]
The machines area One can’t avoid the noise of the machines, yet you will find a grinding machine, a pantograph, [...]
The hand-engraving area The place is flooded with daylight. The double workbench sits right in front of the bay window, [...]

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    Around engraving

    Engraver / MOF

    The bests "Meilleurs Ouvriers de France"

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    The 25th "One of the Best Craftsmen in France" competition is open since February 6th, 2013. For this new contest, [...]

    Transmission

    of knowledge

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    European Crafts Days - JEMA From 6 to 11 April 2021: Discovering the craftsmen of art - video, podcasts and [...]
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    Louis Oscar Roty is a French coin and medal engraver. He was born in Paris on 11 June 1846 and [...]

    Press

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    Article on the magazine PARIS FANTASTIC! #8 Winter 2019, by Ulysse Gossert. To talk about my collaboration with Eva Deng, [...]
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    Brave woman - published in the Chinese gold coin magazine. The bronze medal recorded a precious friendship. At the FEDIM [...]

    & Links

    Annuaire officiel des Métiers d'Art Annuaire Artisans d'Art Annuaire des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France du Rhône Artylyon - Les Métiers [...]
    Engravers : Heidi Wastweet – sculptor for coins and medals – USA Gérard Desquand - Engraver MOF - Grands Ateliers de France [...]
    Arthus-Bertrand Art nouveau et Art déco medals Association belge pour la médaille Belgian & French Art medals British Art Medal [...]

    Message du mois

    À l’heure où un monde dirigé par la finance voudrait consacrer l’hyperconsommation et glorifier les nouvelles technologies pour promouvoir des œuvres standardisées et banalisées, Nicolas Salagnac confirme dans chacune de ses créations que seul l’homme est capable, par des gestes habiles et précis, d’inscrire une intention dans la matière et de susciter des émotions, prolonger une sensibilité, une vision, un esprit, une âme.