Luisa Bocchietto for Friul Mosaic: how the “Tessere” project was born and lives

Luisa Bocchietto for Friul Mosaic: how the “Tessere” project was born and lives

The collection refers to the fundamental element of every mosaic, namely the tesserae, 10 mm thick, hand-cut with a hammer by craftsmen and arranged to form compositions that are always unique and unrepeatable.

TESSERE is the title of the Collection created by Luisa Bocchietto for Friul Mosaic, whose name corresponds both to a process, namely weaving, and to the final product, made up of the tesserae of a new mosaic. The project starts from the idea of ​​exploring the traditional world of weaving through the history of Biella entrepreneurship, an area in which an important production of excellence has developed and the territory from which the designer comes.

Tradition becomes a common ground through which to compare two productions of excellence, fabric and mosaic, which start from artisan mastery, from manual skills applied to production, from experience handed down over time; elements that today translate into products that are only partially industrializable, but contemporary and full of charm. Bocchietto did not want to start from the image of the fabric, as we see it reproduced in many decorative surface declinations, but rather to delve deeply into the process of fabric construction to better understand its formal composition.

Inspired by the art of weaving, an expression of craftsmanship and creativity, TESSERE is particularly representative for FRIUL MOSAIC because it maintains its artisanal and unique characteristics, and is able to convey new suggestions that come not from the use of formal patterns but from the application of sedimented processes that have a deeper reason to exist. The collection refers to the fundamental element of every mosaic, namely the tesserae, 10 mm thick, hand-cut with a hammer by craftsmen and arranged in such a way as to form compositions that are always unique and unrepeatable. The final product becomes a competitive and contemporary solution, which encompasses aesthetic quality at an accessible cost in the different versions for large spaces and for smaller-scale spaces.

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