Palissy's Plates: Replicating Renaissance Art

Ex-forger, Shaun Greenhalgh, is set the task of making a Renaissance animal plate of the type invented by the great French potter, Bernard Palissy. Palissy's plates are alive with writhing reptiles, but for Shaun, killing grass snakes in Lancashire is not an option. Perspective is YouTube's home...

29 min - Art, Music & Design - Perspective

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