Silvia Finiels

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About Silvia Silvia Finiels is a French-born artist with a background in fashion design and antique dealing who has progressed into glass design after she moved to Venice in 1987. Over the years, Silvia has developed a personal approach to glass design and created a highly individualized expression through her art. Silvia’s journey in the field of glass design began with a fascination for antique and vintage Murano glass beads – mini-artifacts that had been created through sophisticated techniques that are now forgotten. This led her to starting collecting glass pieces, while advancing her knowledge in glass production and glass art. With a growing collection of valuable salvaged glass produced by Murano masters over the past century and an in-depth understanding of the relationship between light and color, Silvia started creating collections of beautifully sculpted glass lamps.

Silvia opened her own gallery in Venice in 2007 and launched Aventurina Design, her brand built on the experiences of her life journey and has since allowed her to pursue her passion of reinterpreting classic works of glass that lend an edgy elegance to contemporary light objects and fixtures.

Volumes and shapes, colors and textures are brought together to achieve striking contemporary harmonies that stem from combining new glass with vintage gems. Silvia’s glass sculptures incorporate glass objects once made for pionnering glass design houses such as Paolo Venini or Ettore Sottsas, highy sought after by savvy glass collectors. Each piece is a unique work of art.

“In the exhibition at the Murano Glass Museum, Silvia Finiels highlighted how creativity always maintains a more or less evident link with the past, depending on the artistic interpretation. Tradi- tion itself thus becomes not a limit but an inexhaustible source of inspiration. An important point of view that supports the theory according to which beauty is eternal and incorruptible by the inexorability of the temporal process.” Dr Chiara Squarcina - Director of The Murano Glass Museum

The Project

The Brief Decoration objects are required for specific areas in a recently finished contemporary mansion: - Chairman’s Villa: wall niche in the entrance area - Men’s Majlis: wall niche in the entrance area - Ladies’ Majlis: wall niche in the entrance area The objects must be of high quality and in line with the existing interior design of contemporary inspiration. The objects must add character and enhance the overall design in the interior space.

Chairman’s Villa Ladies’ Majlis Men’s Majlis

Chairman’s Villa The challenge: Create a decoration element for a tall and narrow wall niche that occurs in a wide space that does not display other decorations. Solution: Create a glass and metal sculpture that naturally expands from the confinement of the wall niche, generating a feeling of cohesive dynamism through the treatment of circular shapes. Note: Artist scketches have been presented in the following pages. Upon concept approval, we will proceed with the design development, detailed product desfinition and 3D rendering.



The Concept Located at the entrance of the Chaiman’s Villa, this artwork Specifications called Connected intends to represent the essence of the residence that projects the spirit of the family into the future - Height: 3.8 m through thoughtfulness and innovation. - Materials: This sculpture invokes the family ties and the interaction - Murano glass across generations. - Metal fixtures finished in rose gold. Glass disks of different shapes, hues and textures spring from a central metal stem, symbolizing the personality diversity amongst the family members. The metal arms that support and frame the glass disks represent the strong bonds that keep everyone together. The clean, contemporary lines of the metal frame and stem are softened by the blue hues and earthy tones of the glass disks displaying a variety of textures achieved through different techniques.



The Concept Dunes has been conceptualized to become a glass sculpture Specifications that brings in soft, feminine lines with a soothing presence: an infinite horizon of dunes always in motion, blown by the wind - Height: approx 2 m of life and always perfectly reshaped in the harmony of - Materials: creation. - Lattimo glass Sand-colored glass veils will be accented by some light points - Color: from light amber to shades of deep ruby red inserted masterfully to enhance the properties of the precious - Metal fixtures finished in rose gold. blown glass. The metal trims and fixtures will be finished in soft rose gold in harmony with the interior design theme.



The Concept Fountain is a sculpture within a similar register with the one Specifications designed for the Ladies’ Majlis, yet of different inspiration as reflected through shapes and colors. - Height: approx 2 m - Materials: Inspired by water, tubes of Lattimo glass in smoked aquamarine hues will be displayed in a descending slope that - Lattimo glass suggests the flow of water, undeterred by obstacles. - Color: smoky acuamarine - Metal fixtures finished in rose gold. Light points will be inserted to enhance the properties of the beautiful Murano glass. The metal trims and fixtures will be finished in soft rose gold, in harmony with the interior design theme.

Considerations “The concepts presented herein have been based on initial Contact artist sketches. If approved, we will then proceed with the concept development, including product definition, 3D renderings and detailed industrialization plans. We would also be happy to take on board any changes and ideas to enhance the project to the owners’ satisfaction. Looking forward to hearing from you! M: +971 50 703 6323; T: +971 4 585 4832 E: [email protected] 558, Tamani Arts Offices P.O. Box 418658 , Dubai, United Arab Emirates