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Caterina Zucchi

  • Studiozero-vetro
  • Jewellery maker
  • Livorno, Italy
  • Master Artisan
Caterina Zucchi Jewellery maker
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+39 3488738717
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Explorer of forms

  • • Caterina crafts contemporary Murano glass jewellery
  • • She blows glass with the traditional lampworking technique
  • • In 2015 the Region of Tuscany awarded her the title of Master Artisan

Caterina Zucchi discovered glass in her high school years, while pondering her future career. "Being creative has always been an integral part of my personality," she says, "and I have always felt a strong impulse to make imaginative objects, through which I could express myself and find my personal well-being.” And since glass requires total dedication and meticulousness, she felt it represented the perfect medium for her all-consuming passion. After training in specialised glass schools in Bolzano and Murano, in 2004 Caterina returned to her native Livorno, and opened her own studio. Influenced by the experimentations of surrealism, Caterina engages in an exploration of the limitless potential of glass, creating Murano glass jewellery pieces inspired by dreams and shadows, architecture and geometry.

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Works

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Comfort zone

This pair of lampworked blown-glass rings are representative of Caterina Zucchi’s aim to make accessories intended not solely to adorn the body, but also to express feelings and emotions through action. In this way, the body and the object become one.

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Zero

Like the rest of her production, Caterina Zucchi’s bracelets are made in Murano glass that is mouth-blown with the lampworking technique. Their name, Zero, refers to the void, the empty space that is necessary in order to create and generate life.

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Tuttetette

The Tuttetette necklace expresses Caterina Zucchi's ironic spirit. Delicate and ethereal, irreverent and elegant, it is made of 15 mouth-blown and lampworked Murano glass beads joined by a nylon-covered steel wire and a nickel-free metal clasp.

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Baffuta

Characterised by a modern and original design, the Baffuta necklace features a black element juxtaposed with a see-through aquamarine bead that illuminates the creation. It is composed of mouth-blown and lampworked Murano glass beads complemented by grey PVC segments and a glass clasp.

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Non c’è rosa

Harmless glass thorns adorn this necklace characterised by a bold and only apparently aggressive character. Non c'è rosa is made of 10 mouth-blown and lampworked dark brown Murano glass elements separated by small PVC sections and closed by a glass clasp. It can be worn either as a choker or as a full-length necklace.

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