The Best of Glass Art: Nives Marcassoli

Nives Marcassoli first studied in Bergamo where she obtained a stylist diploma. Her artistic career started with painting when at the start of the 1980s she attended the Pavia Civic Art School directed by the sculptor Alberto Ghinzani. It was not until the early 1990s that Nives would approach the world of glass art, expanding her knowledge as an artist. In 1992, she started to study glass fusion as well as hot working techniques with Jorg Kleiner, and in 1994 with Mitiam Di Fiore.

Nives Marcassoli

Nives is incessantly building her glasswork knowledge through a rigorous combination of courses and personal experimentation and has specialized in the creation of stained glass windows for home design.

The charm of her work comes from the diversity of her artistic experience, combining paintings, drawings, fused glass,melting pot castings  and mould casting.

Tra-sparire ©Nives Marcassoli

Artwork from the collection METOPE ©Nives Marcassoli

Artwork from the collection METOPE ©Nives Marcassoli

Her fused glass sculptures are made using classical techniques, held together with lead and Tiffany.  Then, they are decorated by working on the glass with a Bunsen burner as well as the fusing and casting of different colored glass at a high temperature.

Equilibri ©Nives Marcassoli

Dialogo ©Nives Marcassoli

Eros ©Nives Marcassoli

Delicato Chiffon is the name of the sculpture exhibited at “Best of Europe” in Homo Faber 2018. The pink and colorless glass sculpture supported on twisted steel legs presents a combination of hot glass techniques, melting from a crucible and design. The pencil drawing of a hand present there was trapped into the glass by the fusing of a glass sheet with the drawing. Finally, it has been worked on with the cold-work technique.

Delicate Chiffon ©Nives Marcassoli

Delicato Chiffon Detail©Nives Marcassoli

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