Thomas Stearns at Venini

1960-1962

Marino Barovier

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Skira
01 February 2020

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Thomas Stearns and his collaboration with the Venini glassworks in the early Sixties in the new chapter of the series Le Stanze del Vetro .

The American artist Thomas Stearns (1936-2006) collaborated with the Venini glassworks as guest designer between 1960 and 1962. Thomas Stearns designed elegant blown-glasspieces with irregular features using various materials.

Stearns was the first American to design for Venini; he won a on Fulbright Travel Grant, left Cranbrook Academy, and showed up in Murano with new ideas, but absolutely no knowledge of the Italian language. But, from this potentially disastrous situation grew a collection of ground-breaking designs that actually won the Best of Show award at the Venice Bienale of 1962.

When the judges found out that the winner was not Italian, but a monolingual American, they actually rescinded the award. By then, however, it was pretty impossible to deny that Thomas Stearns had created something really special.

Stearns' amazing designs proved too difficult to put into mass production, which made them even more special.

By: Marino Barovier
Imprint: Skira
Country of Publication: Italy
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 280mm,
Weight: 2.500kg
ISBN: 9788857241005
ISBN 10: 8857241009
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 01 February 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Marino Barovier, editor of the series ""Le Stanze del Vetro"", is considered one of the greatest experts of glass art."