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Milano

BIO

As a child, Cesare Facchetti had the chance to closely observe leaded and stained-glass windows manufacture and restoration, thanks to the work of his father, who would realize and restore lamps and panels in a small workshop in Vimodrone, close to Milan.
Cesare Facchetti is an art historian, graduated in History of Art Techniques, with the thesis “The opalescent era of Milan”, based on the study of non-religious stained windows made in Lombardy in the Liberty era.
He has focused his researches and studies on this topic, by publishing articles and pamphlets, including “Milan against the light”, commissioned by Milan’s “Municipio 1”, a pamphlet dedicated to the leaded glass windows of the old town.
Since 2013, he has been organizing events and participating to conferences and training courses for Alfasigma, focused on inspiring and important people of the art field.
He also works as a tour guide and art mediator, and he is the Vice-president of the Italian section of the CVMA – Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, educational centre and committee for the preservation of the Italian glassmaking heritage, through the study, research, enhancement and restoration of important stained glass windows.

Bologna
Glass craftsmen

Studio Fenice

Scientific method and craftsmanship sensitivity

Studio Fenice’s work in the field of restoration is their greatest source of prestige. Admirable is the depth with which they analyse the issues ...

Studio Fenice’s work in the field of restoration is their greatest source of prestige. Admirable is the depth with which they analyse the issues posed by the deterioration of materials and structures in stained glass windows, fragile intermediaries of lighting in architecture. Valeria Bertuzzi and Americo Corallini’s work is characterized by two apparently colliding aspects: a rigorous approach to working practices and the scientific analysis of materials and techniques is paired with their appreciation for “tactile values”, essentially artisanal features resulting from the work of skilled eyes and hands, which give each piece a sense of time. Having absorbed the ways and traditions of centuries of glassmaking techniques, Studio Fenice favours a traditional style for its original stained glass, thus becoming bearers of the same warmth and atmosphere which ancient stained glass windows were able to convey.

Bolzano
Glass craftsmen

Vetroricerca

Luminous and sculptural surfaces

I met Alessandro Cuccato, founder of Vetroricerca, while he was working with Leonardo Nava on San Francesco al Fopponino’s stained glass windows, ...

I met Alessandro Cuccato, founder of Vetroricerca, while he was working with Leonardo Nava on San Francesco al Fopponino’s stained glass windows, in Milan. I appreciate their ability to imagine new ways and create luminous patterns which also serve as sculptural surfaces, giving a great variety of material textures and surfaces to their stained glass windows and artworks.