In the workshops you can feel the determined but nevertheless calm devotion to the excellence of the crafts. It makes you understand why the PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR NYMPHENBURG has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016. It immediately captures one’s curiosity for the know-how behind the products. Traditional craftsmanship is a living and everyday reality here.
The manufactory’s porcelain has always been manufactured according to a strictly secret recipe. The guardian and custodian of this process is a man named Zeus, who continues to produce, portion and store the mass by hand and then transport it to the turning and moulding shops.
The company works with techniques that have been established for over 200 years and are kept alive by various designers in new model variants. During our visit, for example, we were able to watch how bowls for the “Lightscape” collection were made in collaboration with Ruth Gurvich, which look like fine, hand-made paper
The cooperation with international designers and artists is indeed something that characterises the PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR NYMPHENBURG over the centuries. Among them are names like Ted Muehling, Damien Hirst, Gareth Pugh, Hella Jongerius or Rolf Sachs.
The last stop of our visit was the Bossiererei. This is where many pieces of figures and objects are assembled, small parts are modelled freely and joined together with liquefied porcelain mass (Schlicker) to form chains, leaves, flowers and thorns. Using modelling tools and a calm, trained hand, surfaces get their details and faces their characteristics.
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JOURNAL. What you might want to know…
Doing something by hand can change a lot. Buying something handmade out of conviction can do the same. It changes – or has already changed – the way we think. Especially when it comes to our food. What do we buy? Who made it? What can we perhaps grow ourselves? How do our actions and decisions change, first ourselves, then our purchases, then the landscape?
Every sourdough – that culture of lactic acid bacteria and yeast in a mixture of flour and water – is unique, like a fingerprint, because in every region there are individual bacteria in the air that give each loaf its very own flavour. One person who knows more about the infinite variety of sourdough cultures than most – whose culture is culture, so to speak – is the Belgian Karl De Smedt, keeper and archivist of Europe’s only sourdough library.
It’s virtually impossible to miss Julius Brantner Brothandwerk if you’re a fan of baked goods and find yourself in Munich. The charming Swabian baker has recently opened his second location, the first being such a success. With his team working transparently behind large glass windows, Julius strives to make “honest and trustworthy handling of all ingredients and processes accessible,” he says. Unsurprisingly, locals and tourists flock to the shopfront to sample their aromatic bread and delectable treats.
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Martin Schönleitner is one of 17 fishermen at Lake Chiemsee. Together with wife Verena Stephan they both run Chiemseefischerei Stephan, a family business for 400 years. Their ancestors had started their venture at Lake Constance. For three generations (at the present site) the Stepahn family lives and fishes at Lake Chiemsee, Prien am Chiemsee to be precise.
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