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Stefano Bullo

  • Vetrate Artistiche Murano
  • Stained glass maker
  • Venice, Italy
  • Rising Star
Stefano Bullo Stained glass maker
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+39 041739446
©Stefano Bullo

Contemporary stained glass

  • • Stefano is the only maker of artistic stained glass left in Murano
  • • He is a talented painter and tireless experimenter
  • • He restores old windows and creates his own designs

Stefano Bullo is the only maker of artistic stained glass left in Murano but he is not a nostalgic old-style artisan. His decision to take over the family workshop in 2014 came after his art studies, and his story is not so much a traditional one, but rather the path of an artisan and artist looking for his personal style with an open mind. Stefano is a painter and an experimenter, open to innovative technology and collaborations that help him to improve his techniques and express his own style. He continues the family tradition of restoring antique glass windows – including some of the most prestigious Venetian monuments and churches – and creates new, resolutely contemporary designs and projects, such as his surprising vases made of glass fabric.

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Works

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  • ©Stefano Bullo & Matteo Silverio
Photo: ©Stefano Bullo
Refraction

This circular stained glass windowpane is handcrafted from separate circular and triangular shaped pieces of blown glass, bound together with strips of lead. Each individually handblown piece of glass, was created with a varying colour hue, creating an overall refraction of colours.

Diameter 46 cm

Photo: ©Stefano Bullo
Rondel glass crossed rods

This circular stained glass windowpane was handcrafted from separate circular and triangular shaped pieces of blown glass, bound together with strips of lead. Each individually handblown piece of glass, was created by combining glass rods and blowing them when in a molten state, creating a geometric fractal pattern.

Diameter 10.5 cm

Photo: ©Stefano Bullo
Peacocks

This artistic stained glass window is made following the Tiffany technique. Stefano Bullo combined multiple pieces of handblown glass, held together by copper and tin strips, creating two images of peacocks resting on suspended liana.

Height 160 cm
Length 80 cm

Photo: ©Stefano Bullo
“La Madonnina o Madonna del riposo” (Roberto Ferruzzi)

This artistic painted stained glass window was created from separately worked pieces of blown glass that were decorated with enamels and bound together with lead trips. Each glass piece is intricately worked with enamels, creating a grisaille image of the Madonna and Child.

Height 70 cm
Length 80 cm

Photo: ©Stefano Bullo & Matteo Silverio
Touch Me

Glass objects have a sort of mystical aura, which in a certain sense preserves them from being touched The Touch Me series, designed by Matteo Silverio and brought to life by Stefano Bullo, is a research project aimed to demolish the sort of mental barrier that denies the public any kind of interaction with glass objects. It does so in a radical way, allowing normal people to shape a glass object, touching it with their own hands without the danger of getting burned.

Length 15 cm
Width 30 cm
Height 50 cm

Find Stefano Bullo in the itinerary

Murano: the historical art of glassmaking
12 locations
Venetian glass is recognised worldwide for its centuries-old tradition and excellent quality, and the island of Murano is at the heart of this legacy. Step foot on the island to discover the history and making of masterful glass creations.
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