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Pottery is heavily in fashion. It's one of the oldest craft techniques around. And it's also creative, relaxing, stress-relieving and skill-enhancing - the opposite of screen work. Uwe Löllmann in Hegau cultivates a particularly traditional way of making ceramics. Even during his apprenticeship, he was fascinated by Japanese wood-fired ceramics made in so-called anagama kilns. In this process, large, walk-in kilns are filled with hundreds of vases, bowls, plates, walled in and heated with wood around the clock for a week. The temperature reaches 1300 degrees - then the ash in the kiln melts into glass and settles on the dishes as a natural glaze. This is how tea bowls are fired that fill museums in Japan and fetch fancy prices, so-called chawans.
IN THE VIDEO
Uwe Löllmann, ceramic artist
CREDITS
Author: Alexander Wasner
Camera: Michael Merkel, Christian Zecha
Sound: Tobias Weiß
Editing: Tim Greiner
Editing: Rolf Hüffer
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