Ephemerality – Through the Clouds
“Ephemerality – Through the Clouds” is a softly dynamic installation of silks and glass designed by Amy West, exhibits nebulous silk veils of lithographic printed cloud forms hanging above beaded necklaces and carved vessels of glassy clouds in natural light.
“Ephemerality” installation allows the experience of visual inspiration, arousing ocular sensations with light and delicate color in hand-carved glass vessels (blown by Maestro Davide Fuin), glass beads, and fine jewelry, all designed and created, and/or carved by Amy West, on Murano.
Amy West Design Studio Atelier-Showroom
Fondamenta Radi 25, Murano
+39 388-685-7343
Exhibit
Sat 14 Sept, 2:30pm-5pm
Sun 15 Sept, 10:30am-5pm
Mon 16 - Fri 20 Sept, 10:30am-4pm
Sat 21 Sept, 11:00am-5pm
Sun 22 Sept, 11:00am-4pm
23 Sept-15 Nov, by appointment
Exhibit Inauguration
14 Sept, 2:30pm-5pm
Workshop
Sat 21 Sept, 10:00am-1pm
Workshop Ephemerality: Silks and Glass Clouds
In this workshop, participants will discuss views on clouds through the eyes of artists scientists, philosophers, poets, and contextual cultural perspectives on Clouds. The opening discussions will lead into designing and painting one’s own cloud impression on a piece of silk, with Murano glass seed beads and thread available for further adornment to the individual silk clouds.
Amy West will open the workshop by sharing how she interprets clouds on silk and paper, integrating glass seed beads as desired. Examples of her own personal studies on paper, silk and glass will be available for viewing and supervised handling. Demonstrations on silk will take place during the opening discussion, following which participants will be given individual materials sets to start their own work.
As we will be working paints and other creative materials, please dress accordingly bringing your own protection for personal garments.
The Venice Glass Week workshop page
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Amy West Design Studio Atelier-Showroom
Fondamenta Radi 25, Murano
+39 388-685-7343
Workshop
Sat 21 Sept, 10:00-1pm
Admission fee €50
Reservation required.
THE VENICE GLASS WEEK is the international festival that the city of Venice dedicates to the art of glass. With a programme of exhibitions, demonstrations, guided tours, online events and more. Glass has been deeply embedded in Venice’s DNA for over 1,000 years, and thanks to the knowledge and skills that have been handed down and evolved over the centuries, Murano glass continues to be admired and celebrated around the world to this day.