During the three weeks preceding the 2019 Venice Glass Week, six artists from
around the world gathered through the Autonoma-Pilchuck partnership to
collaborate in creating a site-specific installation for the Musee del Vetro garden.
Using a digital bubble algorithm they focused on the local Muranese architecture in
the form of an arch. Created with stainless steel and incorporating recycled found
glass objects the work utilizes craft skills from around the island of Murano.
Laguna B, Studio Pitau, (other studios list) lent their craft knowledge and glass
making expertise to the project.
The crystalline structure of the archway is an accurate deconstruction of the
meeting points that are created when bubbles are contained within a specific
form; in this example, a Venetian Renaissance style archway. The Contained glass
forms which are embedded in this form are suggestive of the salt decay that
perpetually erodes the historically unique architecture of the island. The bubble
structure, forming the strength of the archway, references the glassblowing
techniques that originated here in Murano and which have spread into the artist
community around the world.
By creating a work with digital technology that is realized through traditional
metalworking and glass techniques we hope to create a work that communicates
the tension between the constantly degrading and rebuilding of this historic place.
This work is informed by our shared history and the hope we have for a future for a
revitalized and centralized glass community in Murano.
around the world gathered through the Autonoma-Pilchuck partnership to
collaborate in creating a site-specific installation for the Musee del Vetro garden.
Using a digital bubble algorithm they focused on the local Muranese architecture in
the form of an arch. Created with stainless steel and incorporating recycled found
glass objects the work utilizes craft skills from around the island of Murano.
Laguna B, Studio Pitau, (other studios list) lent their craft knowledge and glass
making expertise to the project.
The crystalline structure of the archway is an accurate deconstruction of the
meeting points that are created when bubbles are contained within a specific
form; in this example, a Venetian Renaissance style archway. The Contained glass
forms which are embedded in this form are suggestive of the salt decay that
perpetually erodes the historically unique architecture of the island. The bubble
structure, forming the strength of the archway, references the glassblowing
techniques that originated here in Murano and which have spread into the artist
community around the world.
By creating a work with digital technology that is realized through traditional
metalworking and glass techniques we hope to create a work that communicates
the tension between the constantly degrading and rebuilding of this historic place.
This work is informed by our shared history and the hope we have for a future for a
revitalized and centralized glass community in Murano.