A family atelier in San Bartolomeo in Galdo, working with maestri vetrai from all over the world, since 1993. Three decades of fire, patience, and a refusal to industrialise.
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In 1993, Angelo Colarusso and Nadia Zurli lit a furnace in San Bartolomeo in Galdo, a small town in the mountains of Campania. They had one idea: that a piece of glass, made slowly and by hand, could still matter in the industrial age.
Thirty-three years later, that same furnace still burns on the same schedule it did the first winter.
Molten glass is gathered from the furnace at 1100°C. There are no moulds. No templates. Only breath, a wet wooden paddle, and three decades of muscle memory.
Every piece is then annealed for twelve hours rushing this step is how crystal fractures six months later. We never rush it.
In 2025 we began the transition to electric furnaces, a step away from combustion, with zero direct CO₂ emissions.
We also run a cotisso programme: 25% of everything leaving the atelier today is re-fused broken glass we ourselves had made. Our next chapters: more electric, more green but with the same heat as usual.
In 1993, Angelo Colarusso and Nadia Zurli lit a furnace in San Bartolomeo in Galdo, a small town in the mountains of Campania. They had one idea: that a piece of glass, made slowly and by hand, could still matter in the industrial age.
Thirty-three years later, that same furnace still burns on the same schedule it did the first winter.
Molten glass is gathered from the furnace at 1100°C. There are no moulds. No templates. Only breath, a wet wooden paddle, and three decades of muscle memory.
Every piece is then annealed for twelve hours rushing this step is how crystal fractures six months later. We never rush it.
In 2025 we began the transition to electric furnaces, a step away from combustion, with zero direct CO₂ emissions.
We also run a cotisso programme: 25% of everything leaving the atelier today is re-fused broken glass we ourselves had made. Our next chapters: more electric, more green but with the same heat as usual.
Each chandelier is handcrafted in Murano, where centuries of glassblowing tradition meet meticulous attention to form, proportion, and light.
Hand that precisely sculpt the molten glass into delicate and light forms.
Metal forms are used to achieve unexpected textures such as "Rigato", "Balloton" and more.
After being worked, the glass start to harden when it colds down and at moment, you can start to see it shine.
Slow cooling from 500°C to room. Rushing this step is how crystal fractures weeks later. We never rush it.
A ball of molten glass is lifted from the crucible at 1100°C.
Worked on wet paper, modeled without molds. Each piece is unique.
Slow cooling from 500°C to room temperature. Rushing this step is how crystal fractures weeks later.
Polished and inspected by hand. If it's not right, it becomes cotisso and it's fused back into the oven
Cotisso is the Murano word for unshaped, cold glass, the excess and breakage that would be waste in any industrial process. We collect it, crush it, and re-fuse it, without loss of optical or structural properties.
Each of these people carries a piece of the atelier that cannot be transferred, taught in a week, or replaced.
We receive clients, collectors and design professionals by private appointment at our Campania atelier. Wherever you are in the world, we look forward to meeting you.
