These garden “watchdogs” feast on insects and can walk through a flowerbed picking off bugs without harming a single leaf. Heidi Caillard, developed a deep fondness for these birds that ran free in her garden and in 1974 she began to create her beloved guineas in clay. Today the Caillard guineas are famous throughout Provence. Heidi’s son Adrien now manages this unique enterprise. He and his family continue to create these fanciful birds in his mother’s tradition. Made in Lussan, France.On the bottom of each guinea hen is a note from French artist, Heidi Calliard.
The translation is as follows:
The translation is as follows:
Having been fascinated for more than thirty years by the originality and the elegance of the guinea hens that run free in my garden, it finally came to me that by immortalizing them in a harmonious and timeless object I could convey my love for the guineas to others. --Heidi C.
The small guinea is about 7" tall to the top of the head, 5" tall the the top of the back, 8" long and 4 1/2" wide. The medium guinea is about 8" tall to the top of the head, 6 1/4" tall to the top of the back, 10" long and 5" wide. The large guinea is about 9 3/4" tall to the top of the head, 7 1/2" to the top of the back, 11" long and 6" wide.
