Today I'd like to introduce you to the place where I print and fold all my pieces, and the surprising link I have with this place steeped in history, which I've been occupying for nearly 2 years.

In 1642, Jeanne Mance, Canada's first laic nurse, founded the Hôtel Dieu dispensary, thanks to the financial support of Angélique Faure de Bullion.

Bullion happens to be the tiny village where I grew up in the French countryside, surrounded by cows, deer and wild boar. . wild boar

Before moving to Montreal in 2009, I had no idea that my childhood village had played such a decisive role in the development of the city I now call home.

My little studio is located in the heart of the convent, in the space known as the Coiffe, where the Soeurs Hospitalières de Saint Joseph used to have their hair cut.

It opens directly onto the garden and the chapel that houses the crypt where Jeanne Mance is laid to rest.

An entirely different fauna of marmots, rabbits and cardinals occupy the magnificent walled garden, where you feel completely cut off from the city.