Mezza Filigrana Double Old Fashioned
Mezza Filigrana Double Old Fashioned
Designed for the modern table and crafted using a centuries-old technique. This versatile DOF glass is perfect for your favorite cocktail, juice, casual wine, or water.
Filigrana or filigree is a Venetian glass-making technique originating on the island of Murano. Canes of colored glass twist and turn creating intricate ribbon patterns. Mezza Filigrana or half filigree is perhaps the most basic form of the technique. Fine threads of white wind around the glass in a single delicate spiral pattern.
These glasses are entirely hand-blown, no molds or machine processes are used. Slight variations in size, pattern, and texture, are indicative of the hand-blown process.
Sold individually
Size is approximately 3.25”ø x 2.75”h (size may vary up to 1cm from piece to piece)
Holds approximately 12oz.
If you order multiples, I will do my best to select a set closest in size.
Blown glass is best washed by hand. Not for use with hot liquids.
Designed in Maine by Michelle Provencal (Thirdlee & Co.) and produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Vitricca Iannazzi.
First three images by @smalldoughco
INSPIRATION:
Inspired by the mid-century work of artist Dino Martens and his use of traditional Venetian techniques in modern pieces.
PROCESS:
Those beautiful white threads of glass are the result of a complicated process. The technique requires careful handling by skilled glass blowers. Chunks of raw white glass are heated and formed into a solid white rod which is then encased in clear glass. The rod of glass is then heated and pulled by two glass makers until it is approximately 50 feet in length and as thin as a No.2 pencil. After cooling, this delicate glass cane is broken down into smaller sections. Those sections are laid out side by side and heated into a thin sheet of glass. The hot sheet of striped glass is rolled into a tube which is then cooled and broken into smaller sections. Those sections are then heated, encased in clear glass, and then finally twisted before being blown into shape.
THE GLASSMAKER:
Based in Cambridge, MA. Andrew Iannazzi is a tradesman with a deep connection to the rich history of traditional Italian and European glassmaking and its relation to American design.