Carlo Scarpa and the magic of the Glass
Carlo Scarpa and the magic of the Glass What happens when the best Architect in the 19th century and the magic art of the blowing glass meet in Venice, in the most attractive city in the world? One of the most beautiful masterpieces the world has never seen: the collection of the vase in Fenicio […]
Vetrarti and The Russian Avant-Garde
Vetrarti and The Russian Avant-Garde My passion for Economics and my studies in Cà Foscari never would have involved with Russian Avant-Garde, both for the madness of Marx’s theories and for little importance of the Soviet economy. It was thanks to Maryana Iskra I fell in love with the artistic movement of Kandisnkij, Malevic, Lissitzky. […]
The Glamour shades of Alabaster
The Glamour shades of Alabaster On August 15th in the wonderful Petersburg, Maryana Iskra presented to a selected group of Architects the project “THE GLAMOUR SHADES OF ALABASTER”. This project is the result of experimentation of VETRARTI on polychromatic reactions. Audience reaction was.. enthusiastic!!!
The thread binding Alexandra of Egypt with Murano
The thread binding Alexandra of Egypt with Murano Now there are small positives which mean much these days and so I would like to reach your heart by talking about an extraordinary glass technique that has come to Murano even from Alexandra of Egypt. The Egyptian masters had invented the production of glass rods that […]
Vetrarti and the new tee shirts
Vetrarti and the new tee shirts Today came the new Vetrarti tee shirts. I guess the best model is Polina Meier. In addition to being a wonderful model Polina is also a brilliant artist: take a look at her instagram. #moiprovodnik
The “MAGIOSSO”
The “MAGIOSSO” These are pictures of something I have been fascinated by ever since I was a child and was visiting, with childish curiosity, my father’s glassworks. The “MAGIOSSO”: a wooden tool with half-spherical form, used for rounding up and shape the “PEA” (bolo or parison). Only pearwood is used to produce this tool because […]