Susanne Rall is the third generation to produce roof tiles in a wide variety of colors and shapes. The expert for old tile roofs often has to delve into the past of old colorful roofs and towers for her work.
Tile making begins with a wet lump of clay that is shaped, glazed and finally fired. It all takes place at the brickworks just outside Stuttgart in Echterdingen. "I create something and the whole thing then hangs on the roof at some point and has then fulfilled its purpose."
For Susanne Rall, it is also something beautiful for posterity. The brickworks with all its logistics and technology, which she took over from her father, is almost like something from a bygone era. But it's the only way she can produce completely individual bricks. If she had a fully automated assembly line, that wouldn't be possible at all. The current project where she can show off her craftsmanship is the restoration of a church tower roof in Neuenhaus Aichtal. The ceramic engineer will produce eight different colors and just as many shapes for the colorful tower roof.
IN THE VIDEO
Susanne Rall, ceramic engineer
CREDITS
Author: Gabriele Damasko
Camera: Dirk Schwarz
Sound: Marco Evangelista
Editing: Monika Agler
Narrator: Rolf Hüffer
Editing: Carmen Lustig
Producers: Monika Agler, Günter Moritz
A production of: teamWERK, Die Filmproduktion GmbH
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26 сен 2024
