Delle Segrete, Silenziose Lacrime
Murano glass goblet with a mouth-blown glass bowl, opal glass stem worked by hand on the fly, with hot applications of glass in chromatic gradation
Collection of poems by Mario Luzi printed on Atsu Shi Japanese paper and hand-bound
| Weight | 1 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8 × 8 × 28,5 cm |
| Collezione | Delle Segrete Silenziose Lacrime |
| Design | Ettore Sottsass |
| Edizione Limitata | 49 pieces |
| Autore | Mario Luzi |
| Materiali | Murano glass Atsu Shi Japanese paper |
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The complete story of the work
Translated from the Italian original.
Delle segrete, silenziose lacrime is the theme of the reflection proposed to the poet Mario Luzi and which has become the title of the collection of verses that Numa publishes in a small volume in limited edition, hand-bound. The collection contains, among others, a poem dedicated by Luzi in the summer of 2004 to this project and which has remained unpublished until now. The volume includes five others, already published, which Luzi collected at the time to “form a small group of verses, complete poems or fragments suited to the Numa project” in which Roberto Zani invited him to take part.
For the collection of poems Delle segrete, silenziose lacrime, Ettore Sottsass designed a tear goblet in Murano glass, fragile and extremely delicate like the poet’s verses, which, together with the book, becomes part of the Limited Edition 2006 collections
Material: mouth-blown Murano glass.
Stages of production:
- The object is made of 3 pieces:
– The bowl in Murano glass, mouth-blown in a wooden mould, cut with a diamond point and trimmed hot.
– The stem in opal glass, drawn hot to the dimensions determined by the design.
– The foot in dark glass, worked by hand on the fly. - The three pieces are worked separately at different stations. They are then joined hot, at the same temperature so that no tensions are created that could compromise the object.
- On the stem an application of molten glass, coloured in chromatic gradation, is made, forming spaced small rings.
- When the temperature of the glass drops to a level that allows the object to stand without risk of deformation, the goblet is placed in the oven for 8 hours, so that it can gradually reach room temperature, thus eliminating the possibility of thermal shock and cancelling the internal tensions of the material.
- Finally, each goblet is signed and numbered by hand.
N.B. The tear goblet was made entirely by hand in the Gino Cenedese & Figlio furnace, Murano (VE)
Specifications
| Weight | 1 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8 × 8 × 28,5 cm |
| Collezione | Delle Segrete Silenziose Lacrime |
| Design | Ettore Sottsass |
| Edizione Limitata | 49 pieces |
| Autore | Mario Luzi |
| Materiali | Murano glass Atsu Shi Japanese paper |
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