Cap

The cap is a small Venetian mosaic. The glass tiles come from the Orsoni Venezia 1888 furnace and are set side by side like fragments of solidified light. Each tile is born from the fire and cut by hand, following the same tradition that has fed Venetian mosaic for over a century. The surface is not regular: it vibrates, reflects, catches the light. It is those small irregularities that make a mosaic alive, almost pictorial.

These fragments recall the mosaic floors and decorations of Venetian churches, where colour comes from the patient placing of countless tiles. Then, within this balance of matter and light, an unexpected detail: the tile at the bottom right is 24-carat gold.

It is not gilding. In the Venetian tradition the gold leaf is enclosed between two thin layers of glass fused together: the metal stays protected and intensely luminous at the same time. What comes out is a warm, deep light that shifts and vibrates with every movement.

It is the same principle that lights the mosaics of St Mark's Basilica, where gold reflects the light and turns surfaces into an almost immaterial expanse.

So the cap becomes a small fragment of Venice: glass born from fire, cut by hand, set as in an ancient mosaic, with a point of gold that ignites the composition. A tiny detail, made of the same luminous material that has told the story of the city for centuries.