Bernard Palissy looks at his last wood being digested by the flames. But the ceramics kiln roars like a hungry wolf for more. With tears in his eyes of smoke, sweat, fatigue and despair he scans the room. Floor shelves, tables, chairs and everything else that burns fall prey to his kiln. He will and he must reach the temperature to melt his glazes…
Saintes around 1540 in the south of France. Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) experiments as a man possessed. Or insane as his neighbors claim. He is looking for an elusive glaze that he got to know on one of his distant travels.
His wife and children are threatening to leave him. Nevertheless, he put everything at risk to develop a glaze, which is unprecedented in 16th century France.