Customer evaluation for "Hourglass "Clessidra", 25 cm"
Abmelden
- Order number: V128280.2
About the Article
Like gossamer grains of sand, barely perceptible and yet as present as the passing of time. Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini created the Clessidra (hourglass) in 1957. The sand trickles through the slender glass spheres, made with the Incalmo technique, in perfect balance between two different colours, and takes on their colour, becoming one with them.
.The Clessidra collection was created to capture a small part of the cyclical nature of time and preserve it in glass for eternity. From the barely perceptible beat of the heart to the revolutions of the earth, all of human life is connected to time.
About the Technique
The Incalmo technique is one of the most complex processing techniques. It involves combining two hot-blown shapes around the circumference to create the evocative meeting of different areas, usually of different colours, in the same object.
About the Designers
Fulvio Bianconi lived in Milan and worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for publishers such as Mondadori, Bompiani and Garzanti. Alongside this, he devoted himself to his passion for glass and travelled to Murano several times in 1946 to learn more about glass art. Here he met Paolo Venini, whose creativity marked a turning point for VENINI. Bianconi constantly experimented with new techniques for working with glass and created iconic works such as the Figure della Commedia dell'Arte, Tiepolo, Fazzoletto, Sirene and Pezzati.. Paolo Venini, a Milanese lawyer with a family tradition of glassmaking, founded VENINI in 1921 with the antiquarian Giacomo Cappellin. The aim was to transform the classic craft of master glassmakers into an innovative art, and thus to appear at exhibitions such as the Milan Triennale, the Venice Biennale and in other countries. Venini promoted synergy between master craftsmen, designers and architects to give a precise identity to each model that came out of his furnaces. He himself dedicated himself to design since the 1930s, creating, among others, the Diamante glass and, in collaboration with Carlo Scarpa, the Murrine Romane. His aesthetic choices and the high quality of the products brought VENINI great success.
- Material: Murano glass, handmade
- Décor: apple green, straw yellow
- Weight: 0.21 kg
- Height: 25 cm
- Diameter: 10 cm
- Artist: Fulvio bianconi e Paolo Venini
- Glass technique: Soffiato, incalmo
- MADE IN ITALY
- Manufacturer item number: FO342006000X0NW
5-6 weeks delivery time
