bollate
monday
08:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 19:00
tuesday
08:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 19:00
wednesday
08:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 19:00
thurday
08:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 19:00
friday
08:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 19:00
saturday
08:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 19:00
On appointment: yes
Novamosaici is a craft workshop located in Bollate, in the outskirts of Milan, founded in 1955 by Mario Toniutti and today managed by his sons Edoardo and Eugenio.
For over 65 years the company has been crafting artistic stained glass and mosaics, including collaborations with famous artists, and carrying out restoration work on ancient artefacts. Their mosaic compositions stand out for the skilful juxtaposition of colours and materials, particularly marble, ceramic and multi-coloured vitreous enamels: tiles of various sizes are arranged on different levels, giving volume, expressiveness and depth to the artwork, thus creating highly evocative abstract or figurative images.
Their artistic stained glass windows are crafted in any size, made either with “dalles de verre” glass sheets or otherwise and bonded with reinforced concrete or lead, using the collage or glass fusion techniques. Here, too, the surfaces are specifically treated in order to achieve “vibrant” compositions of light and colours. Their works have been installed and showcased in both religious and civic buildings, private homes or public urban spaces.
RATINGS
Undisputed masters of the technique, rare in Italy, of stained-glass windows, and specifically in the dalle de verre variant, the Toniutti family has ...
Undisputed masters of the technique, rare in Italy, of stained-glass windows, and specifically in the dalle de verre variant, the Toniutti family has always been able to turn the designs of important artists into a solid, rough, multifaceted craft object. Indeed, they manage to enhance contemporary artworks, by skillfully combine the immateriality of light with the brutality of concrete and the languages of contemporary architecture. In the field of mosaics, this singular workshop stands out for its creativity in creating textures in which the irregularity of the tesserae and the discrepancies in their thicknesses give the decorated surfaces a robust vitality.