5 Local Artists to Watch and to Treat Yourself To

Before, Corinne Jouin worked in advertising—logos, layouts, deadlines, stress. She gave it all up to answer the call of the mountains. One day, on a hike, she discovered the art of paper cutting, a Swiss tradition born from the folklore of Gruyère and Saanen. She was guided by Sophie Crawford, a prodigious paper cutter who exhibits at Hôtel Albert 1er, and who taught Corinne the precise, patient gestures needed to master both paper and scalpel alike. It is a humble, meditative craft, where every silhouette tells a story and every opening in the paper becomes a breath—or even a moment of stillness.

Email address: codj.jouin@gmail.com

With "Francis's Curiosities," Laetitia Berille offers a fresh and playful setting to her father's whimsical animal illustrations. Deer, chamois, and marmots become muses on a washing line, alongside decorative objects full of mountain poetry, and a small collection of stylish clothing. A particular favourite is the Francis Saint-Bernard mug, utterly charming.

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After a career as a textile designer with major fashion houses—Cardin, Dior, Lanvin—Claude d’Ham has returned to her first loves: the Valley and the world of childhood. From her little chalet in Les Pèlerins, with Mont Blanc as backdrop, Claude first illustrated children's books before bringing to life her plump, tender, and colourful characters that have become her signature. Her canvases tell stories of children from around the world and mountaineers of days gone by, captured with endearing simplicity. They brim with patterns and intricate detail—the kind of art that quietly steals your heart.

A self-taught perfectionist, Sonia Saguez-Bozon learned the ancestral techniques of her craft from mosaic artists in Ravenna and at the Spilimbergo School in Italy. In her studio, she assembles slates gathered on hikes, shards of crystal found on mountain paths, and tiny fragments of rock still trembling with alpine chill. She creates raw, mineral, and sensitive works that tell the story of the Valley as eloquently as a mountaineer’s guidebook.

Chamonix is both her birthplace and her life-sized mood board. Clémentine Viallon has transformed her designer’s eye into a visual language that is sensitive, witty, and bold. We’re smitten with her series “The Beginners”: bright, colour-block posters that capture the endearing awkwardness—and pure joy—of those first, wobbly glides on the snow