L'articolo Striped sandblasted glass deck chair proviene da Fratelli Pezza.

The story of Nosqua begins at the French National Glass School, where Gauthier Dietschi and Manon Fernandez met and developed their passion for glass working. A few years later they decided to combine their respective skills and embrace that new generation of glassmakers who are revolutionizing traditional codes, using glass in all its forms.

Leveraging their background as glass decorators and product designers, pushing innovations to the limit and giving new life to more traditional techniques, the Nosqua team creates lighting elements, walls and furniture for interiors. Their creations, the result of a long process of research and experimentation, enhance manual work and the excellence of glass-working techniques, focusing on a reflection on the use that each of us makes of objects.

“Working with molten glass rather than with plain glass means choosing a language“.

Bel Ava is a collection inspired by the mountains, when their slopes are covered with a blanket of snow. Glass is often seen as a cold material, and Nosqua through the sandblasting technique manages to take this effect to extremes, recreating the profile of a Nordic landscape. Every detail is carefully handcrafted, and the glass seems to envelop the design, the frozen mountains appear in the thickness of the glass in an incredibly realistic way, so much that it seems you can touch them!

Whether it’s a shelf, a coffee table or any other object, your gaze will be irresistibly attracted by its glass part. Bel Ava seems to invite people to observe it, touch it, immerse themselves into the heart of its winter landscape. The philosophy that guides the partners of Studio Nosqua is to honour French glassmaking know-how by creating high-end products in small series or custom made, and is fully expressed in the creation of vivid works, which offer different sensations depending on the point of observation: “The objects of our daily life are just an extension of our gestures”.

More information: https://nosqua.fr/en/

L'articolo Bel Ava, sandblasted glass comes to life proviene da Fratelli Pezza.

The story of Vito Santoiemma began in 1999 in the breath-taking setting of the stones of Matera. After years of work as a decorator in a historic glass factory, devoid of any real satisfaction, Vito felt a profound need to release his creativity, to follow his passions. That’s why, taking advantage of the opportunity of a so-called “loan of honour”, he decides to found his own glass laboratory (today the “Vetro & Vetro” glassworks). Piece by piece, he acquires the necessary equipment for his business included a Fratelli Pezza manual sandblasting cabin of the Ghibli series. Vito is well known for his sandblasted portraits on mirrors, artworks that literally leave you speechless for their fidelity to the original. So we asked Vito if he could reveal some little secrets of his art, and surprisingly we found him enthusiastic in telling us much more than a few details: “I’ve always had the dream of being able to transpose a photograph onto a mirror using the sandblasting technique, and one night suddenly I got the inspiration! The next morning the first thing I did was go to the lab to see if what I thought could really work. And it did! From that moment I dedicated myself to optimizing the process, finding the perfect settings for the realization of my works”. The result was simply incredible, replication down to the smallest detail on the mirror, which make Vito’s creations a design object that contributes to giving unique style and personality to the rooms. “It is”, Vito told us, “a skilful mix between pressure regulation and the use of very fine sand, plus a lot of dexterity and of course my Ghibli, reliable and indestructible!”. The freehand sandblasting technique put into practice by Vito manages to create different levels of sandblasting giving three-dimensionality to the figure, different effects based on the point of view from which it is admired depending on the play of light and reflections. Initially, the production of decorated mirrors was just one of the many processes that were carried out in the glassworks, but the generational change with his son, who took over the company and managed to expand its business both in the private and public sectors, allowed Vito to devote himself almost exclusively to his passion.
MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACTS: http://www.ritrattisuspecchio.it/

L'articolo The art of sandblasted portraits on mirrors proviene da Fratelli Pezza.

L'articolo The mark that switches the lights on! proviene da Fratelli Pezza.

«I have been using the GHIBLI sandblasting cabin manufactured by Fratelli Pezza for years now and I must say that I am really happy with it, I need cleanliness and precision when I sandblast my POCULUM and this sandblaster is perfectly fit to it!».

Thanks to sandblasting Umberto can create stylish designs of any kind on glass, following the trends of the moment such as the textured effects, obtained by blasting at different depths.
More information on www.poculum.com

L'articolo POCULUM, the sandblasted glass that can be worn proviene da Fratelli Pezza.