Donatella Bravin is an artist who creates works that show the effects of her sensitivity.
Her creativity feeds a continuous research into shapes and materials that have allowed her over time to develop a particular creative technique: her works are carried out by applying glass beads in enamel enriched with precious metals such as gold and platinum, making the colour vivid and three-dimensional, so as to enhance the character of the original subjects. Her paintings are in fact personal interpretations of the masterpieces of the great masters of modern and contemporary painting: thanks to the touch of Donatella Bravin the glass enhances Modigliani’s refinement, Picasso's impetus, Chagall’s visionary imagination as well as Van Gogh’s poetry.
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT FLOWS THROUGH THEIR HANDS
When visiting the Venier glassworks you have the sensation of being in an ancient renaissance workshop where the ceaseless work is intertwined with the masters’ creativity, with knowledge of the materials, with rigor, with the desires of noble ladies and patrons, and with the reverent obedience of the assistants.
The Master Glassmakers are undoubtedly the key figures. From a very early age (10-12 years), they have shared their existence with the incandescent glow of glass: the experience and traditions of centuries live in them, renewed through the specialization in few, if not in only one, work process for which they are known and held in high esteem: there is he who as a matter of fact is the master in lamps, he who is the master in sculptures, he who is the master in vases … and they have gained a renown that has even reached important Heads of State and their works are displayed in the most famous museums of the world.
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