Inspired by Purho

Purho - with an Italian soul combined with an international character - is the new protagonist of Italian design. Founded in 2012 by CEO Andrea Dotto with the goal of realizing the potential of the marriage of Murano glass and contemporary design, Purho is now able to sell products based on sound research based on the observation of current tastes and new creative languages seen through the prism. the Murano glass tradition.
The result, comparable to a synthesis exercise with few exceptions to decoration, is a thematic range of elegant products characterized by a clear design with just a few decorations: their curves and clearly geometric lines stand out, the main the feature is color in its purity. Indeed, there are twenty-one special colors and a selection of special nuances that make up the dense energy palette available for customization and custom products.
In addition to Murano glass, there are also refined fabrics, precious metals and lacquered glass for a new generation of products , in which glass objects and lighting are accompanied by a limited edition of sophisticated tables and consoles of unconventional design.

Genesis The element of Venetian glass is essentially silicon dioxide used as a glass-making agent, and silica - or sand, although in the past instead of powdered quartz pebbles were used for it - as a melting agent. The latter was once extracted from the ash of coastal plants, and today thanks to sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate.
Calcium is also used as a stabilizer along with additional minerals to color, discolor, opacify and refine, and other materials that give specific characteristics glasses. All of these items are carefully weighed in the storage room.
The master blowers wake up at 3am to do a color check, that is, to create prototypes of the color of the glass they want to obtain. After they solidify, they break them down and check that the broken parts are identical.
There are different techniques for processing glass, such as "filigree" blown glass (filigree) and heat-treated mosaic glass (murrina) obtained with colored glass bits. When these pieces are red and black, the glass paste is called avventurine. Another technique is "incalmo" and Paolo Crepax is its supreme master.
"Incalmo" involves welding two hot pieces of blown glass that must fit together with their open sides and along two edges of equal circumference to order one composite object in two colors and / or two differently treated parts. In the final stage, the glass is cooled to 600 ° C, and finally to room temperature. The time it takes for it to cool completely depends on the thickness of the glass.