Italian American Magazine by Mazzanti Editori
Dicembre/December 2006
For a Gift…from the Heart
THERE ARE PRESENTS AND THEN THERE ARE PRESENTS THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE AS A SIGN OF AFFECTION OR THAT YOU CAN BUY YOURSELF AS A SYMBOL OF PERSONAL SUCCESS. THERE ARE OBJECTS WHICH GO BEYOND THEIR SIMPLE MONETARY VALUE (NOT ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT “THEY ARE PRICELESS”) BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT AN INTIMATE DATE WITH THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE RECEIVED, WITH THE CREATIVITY OF THE ARTIST WHO CREATES THEM AND WITH THE NATURE OF THE MATERIAL WITH WHICH
THEY ARE MADE.
In Venice, where the practice of selling, and selling yourself a bit in the process, is still observed, there are, fortunately, some happy isles upon which business in the soul has not surrendered to mass commercialism. There are objects which leave the world of the souvenir and enter the world of preciousness, uniqueness and good taste; there are shops which have chosen to remain intimate and genuine workshops in which craftsmen appear in leather aprons one day with work- worn hands then fly to New York the next to sell their “jewels.”
Let us continue and move on to the costume jewelry where we enter into two workshops where young owners/artists put their outstanding imagination to the service of light, art, and materials, realizing exquisite jewels and ornaments for the body.
The unstable, curvy, iridescent and vibrant creations of one of these young artists accompany the numerous elegant Venetian and foreign clients along an imaginary path of stylistic perfection, which tends to move away from the object towards its symbolic value. Pins, chokers, bracelets and hat pieces are all born from his passion for nature and for everything that is hidden under the appearance of what is real (roots, shoots, stamen, filaments, pistils) and for this reason they are created using a synthetic resin, soft and delicate and very fragile in appearance.
Perhaps it is actually true: in every object you can find the heart of a city. L.D.S.
Where to find them…
Gualti
Dorsoduro 3111 – Rio Terà Canal – Venice
