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Conversations about Art : Igor Balbi
We have met Igor Balbi, artist, gallerist and creator of the In Glass We Trust movement. First Drops: Exhibitions, interviews, reviews…which of them, do you think, has most effectively described your work? Igor Balbi: What an interesting question! During the exhibition ‘Il Vetro al lume del XXI secolo’, Cesare Toffolo wrote about me and he...
Shibori: from Feudal Japan to the Parisian Catwalks
Shibori, particolare di un tessuto A simple technique for surprising effects Shibori is a Japanese word for an extremely ancient textile decoration technique, known in America as Tie and Dye, in India as Plangi and in Italy as Maltinto. The method consists in tying a knot in the fabric or binding it with string before...
Conversazioni sull’arte: Lucio Bubacco
Abbiamo avuto l’onore e il piacere di incontrare uno dei più affermati e importanti esperti della lavorazione del vetro a lume, Lucio Bubacco
Conversazioni sull’arte: Simone Crestani
Abbiamo intervistato Simone Crestani, maestro nell'arte del vetro soffiato, le cui creazioni poetiche ispirate al mondo naturale suscitano sensazioni di meraviglia.
Lo Shibori dal Giappone feudale alle passerelle di Parigi
Una tecnica semplice dagli effetti sorprendenti, lo shibori indica una decorazione dei tessuti dalle origini molto antiche.
The genius and the unruliness of neriage
Mixing clays of the most diverse colours can produce extraordinary decorative effects. Depending on how the clays are layered and worked, the decorations can be unpredictable and surprising, or carefully arranged and calculated. The artists who work with clay use the words “neriage”, “nerikomi” and “agateware” interchangeably to define this way of working clay and...
Golden scars. When art is healing and turns wounds into something precious
In the Western world, when ceramic artefacts break, people sweep up the pieces and throw them away. If the broken object doesn’t shatter in the fall and is particularly dear to its owner, some might try to glue the pieces back together. The object will then be put back in place trying to hide the...
Conversations about Art: Federica Sala
We have met Federica Sala, a very young jewellery designer who recently received an enormous success at the MAD Museum in New York. We have been following her work with great interest for some time: we have asked her some questions to learn more about her work and her poetics. First Drops: What encouraged you to...
Conversations about Art: Martha Pachon
We have met Martha Pachon, a ceramic artist, originally from Colombia, who has been working for some fifteen years in Faenza and exhibits her artwork in many different European, Asian and American cities. We have asked her some questions to learn more about her thoughts and her poetics. First Drops: Over the years, a lot...
Conversations about Art: Lidia Carlini
Lidia Carlini, ceramic artist from Faenza, provides a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional ritual objects that have been shadowed by time. We met her recently and asked her some questions to learn more about her work and her poetics. [#Beginning of Shooting Data Section] Nikon D800 2015/04/22 13:15:41.40 Time Zone and Date: UTC+1, DST:OFF Jpeg Fine...
Conversations about Art: Silvia Beccaria
Today we are interviewing Silvia Beccaria, an artist from Turin. Her works are made using a handloom and traditional fibres enriched by adding unusual materials that are totally unknown in the textile tradition. Over the years, she has designed unconventional fabrics by weaving different materials, including silk, wool, linen, cotton, plastic, metal, paper, aluminium sheet...
Conversations about Art: Daniela Forti
We have met Daniela Forti, an eclectic artist who has invented new techniques for the glass fusing process and realised breathtaking luminous sculptures. We have asked her some questions to learn more about her work and her poetics. First Drops: Over the years, a lot of people have written about you in association to exhibitions or...
Conversations about art: Anna Paola Cibin
First Drops: Over the years, a lot of people have written about you in association to exhibitions or in interviews and reviews…. Which of them, do you think, has most effectively described your work? Anna Paola Cibin: Pierre Rosenberg once said that a lot of the contemporary art that is to be found nowadays is...
Conversations about Art: Lidia Marti
We have met Lidia Marti, a ceramics artist from Piedmont, who creates original jewels inspired by the world of nature and by the constellations. We have asked her some questions to learn more about her thoughts and her poetics. First Drops: What encouraged you to dedicate your time to ceramic art and what does it...
Lampworking
Lampworking is a glasswork technique that uses a direct flame. Its name stems from the original use of an actual oil-fuelled lamp, using bellows to blow air into the flame and keep it alive.