In a Würzburg wax factory, founded in 1750, modern machines are used and still produce in a traditional way today. There is a lot of activity before Candlemas.
And suddenly Martin Schenk starts sprinting, he practically dashes into the workshop, into his workplace. One or two checking looks, a few hand movements, everything is fine. And now he’s that calm man again with the checkered work shirt that fits loosely into his jeans and the rolled-up sleeves that say: I’m going to get it done. He carefully touches, touches, strokes, and lets the things he tackles slide through his craftsman’s hands: 18 dark yellow threads that float through the 27 degree warm air between two pull drums that look like grotesquely large tin cans. Schenk plucks the threads carefully like the strings of a harp. They are getting thicker by the minute. And at the end to candles.