Bolle vessels, how beautiful

Venini is the best known manufacturer of art glass in Italy and has been hand producing these stunning Bolle vesels, created by Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, for 44 years.  The exacting process of Incalmo that creates the fusion of two pieces are carried out in the Venini studio in Murano by master artisans and their apprentices. It takes two people to create each half of the vessel and carefully join the two halves. The Incalmo process has existed since the Renaissance and in the 1960s Wirkkala discovered a refinement to the technique, making the pieces more delicate and therefore more structurally beautiful. The color scheme for each bottle remains the same: straw yellow with red, gray with blue-green, apple green with amber yellow and violet, straw yellow with apple green, and gray with amethyst. Italy has an incredible art glass industry and these vessels sit at the refined end like little pieces of elegant candy. They are very difficult to find on ebay but are all available at moss. Type Bolle into the search box.

bon anniversaire

 photograph of work by suppose design office taken from desire to inspire

I'm inspired by another blogger to produce this list.

101 things I am grateful for:

- driving with the windows down

- melody

- delicious anticipation

- 4:30 am birdsong

- john douglas // the wholeness // all that jazz

- pirate esme nu

- the smell of rain, anywhere

- running // dancing // singing // performing like a child

- bamboo

- beautiful interior design

- global diversity of ornamentation // perceptions of beauty

- sharing snacks

- my health

- my mother and sister and friends and loved ones

- taking ambling, meandering walks

- aloe vera juice

- fashion magazine

- coco chanel // stella mccartney //loro piana

- vampire weekend

- meditation

- down comforters

- farmer’s markets

- la mer (the ocean not the cream)

- france

- colors and color theory

- beautiful jewelry // shoes // apparel and the wearers of

- taste

- knight rider // macgyver // misfits of science // (was I a boy or what?)

- the 1980s // 1970s // 1940s // 1930s

- michael pollan

- j. crew

- james perse

- awareness

- taking the long way home

- southern california

- a good cry

- chamomile yogi tea

- strength // integrity

- botanic gardens

- the french west indies

- cyndi lauper

- french lingerie

- order // neatness // architecture

- cafes

- homemade raw organic almond milk

- life openings humanoid raw chocolate fudge

- the freshness of an organic permaculture + polyculture + biodynamic farm

- the meal at the end of a day at the beach

- road trips

- white peaches // cherimoyas // sweet pineapple // avocados

- cire trudon candles

- trains

- going where I’ve never been

- lots of windows

- mastering the kitchen arts

- handmade things

- braids

- facial geometry

- words like languid

- men’s watches

-silence

- mexico

- hafiz

- that x means kiss and o means hug

- the expression ‘took a shine to’

- baths

- saturdays

- art

- thigh high socks

- sustainability in practice, without fear

- dreams of the future // hatching plans

- hindu deities

- new england

- sitting cross legged

- touching lives

- the idea of reading a newspaper but then reading women’s wear daily instead

- brunch

- giving presents

- iowa thunderstorms

- leonard cohen

- my ancestors

- monogrammed napkins // porcelain // cut flowers // iced tea // badminton

- fresh ricotta

- anti-collision window decals for birds

- what is unspoken but known between two people

- abundance

- sacred geometry // being in and around structures built by it

- elevator etiquette

- my breville juicer

- real elegance

- hayrides // horse rides // ponies // popcorn // apples

- the sense of home

-yoga asanas

- books with purpose

- the general acceptance of outrageous baby names

- lippman collection happy birthday nail polish

- everyone who has ever helped me // loved me // honored me // set me free

- hilltops

- mucking about

- the certain something about something that makes it delightful // just internally, no need to share with anyone

- english manors, the well kept ones




see you soon. 

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