Presentation
Carlo Moretti is an “artist’s factory” – one of the few left in
Murano. For over 50 years it has created objects in Murano
Glass, blending innovation and continual research.
Unique pieces, made in limited editions, and signed one by one,
have never ceased to communicate new emotions, and for this
reason they have entered the collections of the most important
museums around the world, from the United States to Great
Britain, from France to Germany, from Finland to Czech
Republic, from Israel to Switzerland and Belgium, etc.
Carlo Moretti’s history is made of design, taste and elegance,
based on essentiality. From the very beginning, the company
built a long-lasting relationship of loyalty and anticipation with
clients and aficionados, which soon turned into refined
collecting.
A production that, starting from the beginning of the 70s, firm
took a distance from the historic practice of working glass,
confronting itself with a much broader horizon in which the
expressive value of form is newly acknowledged.
Gathering the appreciation and recognition of the world of art
and design, Carlo Moretti’s creations guarantee a name that has
become established on the international market and offers a
quality that lasts over time. This quality is the result of the
technical expertise of glassmakers, deeply rooted on the Island
of Murano, but also of family tradition, rigorous and professional
in the choice of materials and the complete cycle of production.
The sources of inspiration are countless, from the colours of the
lagoon to the recognition of some ‘magical’ moments in the daily
life. Thus a continuous quest for new shapes, clean and
essential, and the research in technical innovation, with an
experimental approach both, in the use of components and in
the contrivance of the most appropriate working tools. The firm’s
distinctive traits.
New creations thus come to life, tangible proofs of the magical
duality inherent to the substance used, which harbours two
contradictory souls, a solid and a liquid one.
Creations that often require the simultaneous work of 11 people,
under the guidance of the master glassmaker. It starts with a
drawing, born from the coloured pencils of Carlo and Giovanni
Moretti, and then the idea takes shape through the encounter
with the wisdom and skill of the master, adapting to the needs of
the material, always variable and unpredictable.
Each piece, created in Murano Crystal glass, mouth-blown into a
wooden form of wild pear, more like a sculpture than a mold,
finished off by hand “in the air”, is then completed with hot
applications of coloured sticks, drops, castings and other
elements that make it unique and recognizable. Produced in
limited, numbered and then signed one by one with a cutting
edge, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity which
guarantees the value of the object and increases the collecting of
product of art.
Timeless inventions that reflect the contemporary taste even if
they becomes, from the very beginning, "classics", between
design and artistic creations.
An example of these is the Monolite, an artwork created in
1996 on the occasion of Carlo Moretti’s participation in the
exhibition "Aperto Vetro" that was held in Venice (Palazzo
Ducale) in that year.
Consisting of 42 blocks in different colors of Murano Crystal, first
squared and ground separately, then blended together in one
piece, the Monolite takes the final form through a treatment of
sandstone grinding wheel.
The Monolite and other pieces from the collection of Carlo
Moretti has been exhibited recently:
• Milan, the exhibition " Artisti e designer del vetro 1960-2010.
La collezione Bellini-Pezzoli (Artists and designers of glass 19602010. The Bellini-Pezzoli collection"), November 18th, 2010 January 30th, 2011, at the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum.
• Stockholm, the exhibition "Venetian contemporary glass, from
the Biennale to the artist's studio. The collection of the
Foundation of Venice”, May 27th – August 28th 2011, promoted
in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture, on the
occasion of 150 anniversary of the Unification of Italy.