Les bousillés: un souffle de liberté = The bousillés : a breath of freedom

Abstract

Testifying of the rich past of the manual workers of Sars-Poteries, a village in the north of France that lived at the pace of glass manufactures from 1801 to 1837, bousillés are everyday objects often imbued with great imagination. These non-commercial items, made for friends and family, were created on the glassworkers' breaks. To this day, much about them remains unknown. Their background information is often rather fragmentary but research on their history is ongoing, mobilising the inhabitants of Sars-Poteries and the glassworkers' descendants. We owe the rediscovery of the bousillés and the creation of the exceptional collection presented in this book to Louis Mériaux, founder of the first glass museum in 1969. Benefitting from regular additions ever since, this collection constitutes the core of historical works of MusVerre, a vibrant place where contemporary glass creation is standing in dialogue with that of the former workers.--Back cover.

Contents

Édito du président = President's editorial -- Avant-propos = Foreword -- Les bousillés = Bousillés -- Témoinages = Stories. Mme. Lahaye et Mme. Legrand, filles de Norbert Walemme = Mrs. Lahaye and Mrs. Legrand, Norbert Walemme's daughters ; Bernard Claeys, réalisateur du documentaire Souffler n'est [as jouer (1967)] = Bernard Claeys, director of the documentary Souffler n'est pas jouer (1967) -- Catalogue = Catalogue. Surprendre = Surprising ; Éclairer = Lighting ; Se régaler = Eating ; Boire = Drinking ; Verser = Pouring ; Se recueillir = Praying ; Célébrer = Celebrating ; Décorer = Decorating ; Passer le flambeau = Passing the torch ; Bousiller à nouveau = Bousilling again -- Glossaire = Glossary.