11 Oct
VDA

Vda Borella for Villa Cà Zane Martin

The enchanting creations of VDA Borella represent the perfect choice for elegant events and ceremonies which take place in exclusive locations: Murano glass and stabilised roses embellish the environments and enhance the magic atmosphere of the moment.

Vetro da Amare has recently collaborated with the historic Villa Cà Zane Martin of the Riviera del Brenta, one of the various luxury organizations in the Venice area.
The Villa, today property of the Martin family, was built at the end of the XV century as a summer residence of the powerful venetian House of Zane.

The Zanes’ grandeur can still be breathed today in the elegant dwelling, among the beautiful frescoes, restored to their former glory thanks to the care and passion of the present owners, and the lavish rooms, that seem to guard silently the memories of an ancient splendour.


For this jewel of the venetian architecture, VDA Borella curated an important private event with some of its artworks: the creations, made of Murano glass and stabilised roses, enhanced the historic charm of the Villa with their sophisticated and original touch, giving to the guests the emotion of an unforgettable ceremony.


This is what the owners of Villa Cà Zane Martin told about our service:


“We rented some products from VDA Borella for the organization of an event. We were impressed by the originality of the item, especially by stabilised roses. They gave an extra touch of elegance and our guests really appreciated their beauty.”

07 Oct
Murano Glass

Murano glass treasures for your locations.

In the Venice area, interior designers are choosing Murano glass artistic creations of VDA Borella: our talented artesans give birth to wonderful, refined and original glass creations which communicates the magic within every location.

Moreover, the delicate charm of stabilised roses capture the essence of an endless beauty that, combines with Murano glass elegance, transform a simple object into a dream.

VDA Borella glass creations are delicate and fragile, just like dreams: the same care and attention dedicated to the manufacturing process is required the future possessors, in order to guard the original beauty of their artworks with devotion.

VDA Borella’s expertise guarantees the right advices in matter of interior decor: let yourself be inspired by our ideas on combining Murano glass with your indoor.

A hotel lobby


Thin, sinuous vases are particularly suitable for enhance indoor like a luxury hotel lobby. For instance, beautiful Villa Ca’ Zane Martin in the Riviera del Brenta chose Rialto vase, icon of classic elegance, to embellish its lobby.

Unforgettable events


In fitting classy events, nothing is left to chance. VDA Borella recommends to use small sized creations, in order to highlight every single detail on the table. Among all VDA Borella’s vases, Ca’ Rizzi is the perfect example: a contemporary vase, made for the exclusive events at the venetian Palazzo Vendramin Calergi.

A dreamy suite


Every suite guards within it, like a treasure chest, the charm of the finest luxury. To add a touch of originality, VDA Borella recommends the endless beauty of Renier: the purity of Murano glass, like a water spring, seems to nourish the marvellous arrangement of roses.

A high-end boutique


High-end boutiques, a glamour triumph, require an interior decoration worthy of their brand. For these special locations, VDA Borella presents the Murano glass court shoes collection: icons of a unique style.

Private homes


To transform a house into a dream it is essential to choose the most exclusive furnishings.

A bedroom or a living room, furnished according to a sophisticated style, are the perfect rooms to accomodate glass creations provided with a more traditional charm, such as Salute vase.

Let yourself be inspired by our collaboration with Villa Ca’ Zane Martin to furnish your hotel with an authentic emotional style.

03 Oct
Venice

Sospiri bridge in Venice

Among our latest Murano glass creations, Sospiri stands out. This wonderful Murano glass mirror is entirely handmade by master craftsmen with the cold engraving technique.

In the middle, the mirror has been further embellished by our flower designers with a graceful arrangement of stabilised roses, flowers and lichen, intended to last through years without any care.


Our artistic creations are inspired by art and nature of our homeland, the Riviera del Brenta and Venice, places full of history and traditions.

With Sospiri vegetal mirror, we decided to honour the Bridge of Sighs in Venice (Ponte dei Sospiri in italian) that links the Doge’s Palace to the New Prisons.

STORY AND LORE


At the end of the XVI century, the Republic of Venice decided to build a new prison beyond the Rio di Palazzo. It was a choice made out of necessity: the old prison inside of the Doge’s Palace was unsafe and too small.


As a consequence, he building of a bridge that linked the Palace to the New Prisons became unavoidable. At the beginning of the XVII century, the project by Antonio Contino was approved and the construction works started by the will of the Doge Marino Grimani.


Project designed by Contino imposed an aery, quick and safe passage to link the first floor of the Doge’s Palace to the second floor of the New Prisons, in order to avoid escape attempts by the prisoners.


The enclosed bridge was built according to the Baroque style, made of white limestone and decorated on the external surfaces with the Doge Grimani’s emblem. Two small stone windows with stone bars allowed to the prisoners the latest, narrow view of the city, with the Ponte della Paglia and San Servolo Island on one side and the back side of the Doge’s Palace and Ponte della Canonica on the other.


The name “Bridge of Sighs” seems to result from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.

27 Sep
Furniture

5 Tips to furnish your entrance hall with VDA

The entrance of a house is a space to which we usually pay little attention but which actually has a strategic importance.

It is the first contact one has with the house, the space that welcomes our guests and friends. But it is not just this: the entrance hall is also an example of our personality and style.

In designing this space, therefore, we recommend paying attention to colours and furnishing accessories, as to make the most of the space at your disposal and to furnish it in the style that suits you the best.


There are no precise rules in the entrance hall furnishings. With the choice of furnishing accessories you can intervene to conceal critical points or, on the contrary, enhance their qualities, but besides the aesthetics, it is recommended to keep in mind the functionality that covers this space.


If you have decided to furnish your entrance hall with our furnishing accessories, here are our tips.

When art welcomes you


You can customise the entrance wall with an artistic painting: this will make your room elegant and sophisticated. If you are looking for a Murano glass painting, our collection of paintings is right for you.


On request, our master craftsmen can customise the selected work: you can choose the frame you prefer as well as request the addition of a dedication or a change of subject.


When nature becomes art


The latest trend is stabilised vegetal frames. These are artistic compositions made with stabilised lichen, roses and other flowers and leaves treated to last in time without the need of any treatment.
An entrance hall decorated with vegetal frames will seems to welcome guests in an enchanted garden.

A luminous entrance hall

The choice to furnish the entrance with a full-length mirror responds to two particular needs: control your appearance before leaving home and giving light to the room. Among our Murano glass mirrors, we recommend the beautiful Frari.

A touch of colour

If the walls of your house are white or neutral, you can bring a touch of colour with the right furnishing accessories. With our creations you are spoiled for choice: you can choose a coloured vase, like Torete or Brazzo, a monochromatic vase, or you can dare with the colour of roses.
A colorful entrance hall will bring joy to your guests.

A stylish entrance hall

If you have already furnished your entrance hall with shelves or wooden tables, you can add a touch of class with Murano glass furnishing accessories: vases, court shoes and table mirrors are right for you. For an entrance in high style.

17 Sep
Traditions

Tradition, history and charm of the grape harvest

September: the magic harvest period. This tradition of ancient origins is without a doubt one of the most common in Italy: with more or less modern methods every year, exactly on this time, grape harvest starts and later the production of delicious wines, too.

Lately, new technologies have influenced a lot also harvesting techniques, making it a faster, easier and more efficient work. However, there are still small family businesses that prefer to pass on our grandparents’ techniques, which are harder but can give incomparable satisfactions.

In this way, in fact, harvest represents the results of an entire year of hard work and sacrifice, and it becomes a real family event.

It seems that harvest in Italy has its origin from Greeks, who took their traditions in the mainland’s south.

The Romans were wine lovers instead, also famous among medieval monasteries and during Renaissance. In the last years wine is one of the most appreciated italian products at international level, because of its fine taste but also its quality and tradition that has been created behind every bottle.

Enjoying a glass of wine in company can be even more pleasant if presented with elegance and sophistication: Vetro da Amare creates a beautiful decorative bottle cap in Murano glass, hand-worked in every detail.

There are various shapes and colours, and in some cases (such as in the Diedo cap) they are also accompanied by a lovely stabilized rose.

This artistic creation is one of a kind and undoubtedly contributes to make your table particular and elegant, or the table of a friend who loves good wine and the unique Italian tradition.

29 Jun
Stabilized Elements

An enchantment of eternal beauty.

It is to our great satisfaction at Vetro da Amare that we are able to combine our precious glass creations with enchanting floral arrangements, embellished with dedication and devotion, by our skilled flower designers.

Among all the flowers, we chose the queen: it is the rose, the flower that expresses our emotions thanks to the colours of its petals.

The spell of a fairy seems to preserve the beauty of Vetro da Amare’s roses: it is stabilisation, a process that, like an elixir of eternal youth, preserve the appearance of a freshly-cut flower, preventing them form withering.

The more the roses will be kept carefully, the longer their spell will last.

The maintenance of stabilised roses is pretty simple but requires some care: since stabilised roses are full-fledged natural, it is unavoidable that the passing of time will affect their beauty.

Vetro da Amare is happy to advice you on how preserve your roses from the damages of time, thanks to the skill and professional care that only thirty years in the business can provide.

Do not water.

The normal maintenance of a rose requires watering.

A fundamental rule for plants but not recommended for stabilised roses: the process that they have undergone makes water completely unnecessary.

Furthermore, water would damage the very composition of your artwork.

Keep away from direct sunlight

Sunlight is one of the most important sources of energy and nourishment for plants and trees.

Again, stabilised roses are an exception: the direct sunlight against their silky and delicate petals might accelerate the aging process and ruin them irreversibly.

Keep them indoors.

Our artworks represent a perfect choice for classy events and ceremonies.

However, a long stay under the sun and under severe temperatures might ruin your beautiful arrangement.

 

Keep them in a dry environment

An extremely wet environment is harmful for stabilised roses.

Our advice is to keep the roses away from environments where humidity is easier to concentrate.

The delicate charm of roses enhances the perfect Murano glass creations, molded in the furnaces by the skilled master glassmakers, depositary of a millenary art.

Discover the magic of Murano glass with our article: let yourself be carried away by impressions of eternal beauty.

08 Jun
VDA

Gold decorations: a tale of the most authentic art.

Vetro da Amare’s gold decorations are the result of a gifted artist who, with talent and devotion, embellishes Murano glass items, communicating emotions.

Gold decorations, jewel in the crown of  Vetro da Amare, are entrusted to the skilled hands of a master decorator.

The experience, talent and passion of this artisan contribute to the creation of breathtakingly dedications and decorations.

Each step of the creative magic is achieved with passion and the utmost attention: with deft, sinuous movements, the master writes on the chosen item the words of a dedication, that speak of love and gratitude.

For this specific step, the most suitable technique is the liquid 24 carat gold: transformed into a liquid state, the gold, bend to the master’s will, tell a precious story, like in the graceful Murano glass Hearts.

With meticulous and accurate movements, the artisan complete every detail of the decoration, with the same devotion dedicated to a masterpiece.

For the decoration of the Bucentaur, an art glass creation which illustrates a superb representation of the Venetian Republic’s state barge, the master uses fusible enamels fired into the “muffola” furnace (“mufoea” in venetian dialect), once the creation is done, and 24 carat Gold leaf.

Vetro da Amare’s gold decorations require precise, refined and secrets techniques that only a skillful and expert artisan, holder of a centuries-old knowledge, can take full advantage, with a craftsmanship worthy of an authentic work of art.

Vetro da Amare’s decorative art represents only one of the various main strengths that make these creations unique: to know more about our strenghts, read the articles about stabilised roses and Murano glass production.

25 May
VDA

When security embraces elegance: the elegant customized packaging of Vetro da Amare

An artwork demands an appropriate package: beautiful and, above all, safe and strong.

However, when it comes to shipping, it is not easy to find the perfect solution that guarantees both of these features.

Because of the exceptional fragility of Murano glass and stabilised roses, Vetro da Amare studied the perfect solution to send your purchase in total security and elegance.

What are the advantages of our packages?

Safety

Our packages have been developed and tested in order to guarantee a safe shipment to your purchase.

Each box features twin protective layers: first, the product is encased in a custom-formed polystyrene shell, which holds the arrangement in place; secondly, this shell itself is placed in a triple-wall cardboard box and packed with more polystyrene.

This solution does not damage the roses.

The beauty

We decided to stand out from the crowd not just for the value and the originality of the products but for the details too.

One of these is the look of our packaging. A high quality item can’t be delivered covered by sheets of newspaper or in a polystyrene box.

Our package resembles the fancy box of an engagement ring, entirely covered by velvet.

A pleasant memory

Once the purchase is received, the packaging is quickly forgetten.

With our boxes, this won’t happen for sure.

As soon as you will receive your order, you will be amazed by the beauty of both the product and the box.

18 May
VDA

Our story on “Il Gazzettino”

Vetro da Amare is pleased to share in its magazine an article dedicated to its founder, Massimo Borella, and his personal journey.

The article was published on the local section of “Il Gazzettino”, italian newspaper.

He closed the shop and goes to the web: now he sells flowers allover the world.

E-commerce for the market of the future. A florist from Fiesso d’Artico transforms his business into e-commerce, the new trend, and he has success.

Massimo Borella, 53, opened a flower shop in town in 1992.

Business at an early stage had been pretty good: in a few years he had employed two people.

However, Borella has always considered to renew himself.

Always interested in new trends, he began to think about the possibilities of e-commerce, also inspired by his customers.

In 2014 he decided to invest in a new project by gathering the skills of some venetian professionals and artisans: master glassmakers, engravers, decoratores and frame-makers.

This collaboration has led to the creation of unique objects embellished with flowers, very often crafted according to the wishes of special customers.

Unique, refined pieces very popular in some foreign markets: Asian countries and Russia, but also some shops in Venice, turned out to be very interested.

Borella has closed his shop a couple of years ago, substituting it with a showroom, and he has begun the new adventure on the web.

To ship its floral jewels in every part of the world, he has created an appropriate packaging, that looks like a jewelry box.

“Years ago I had collaborated with a Tuscan vase manufacturer – says Massimo – the idea of making a quality product, completed in all its parts, has always been part of my way of thinking.

The market has changed, so as the flower culture: I see a bright perspective in e-commerce.”

Among the projects, there is participation in a fair in Paris.

The idea is to always create new products: in the pipeline there is already the idea of using ferrous materials for his compositions, always made in Venice.

“In the area we have very prepared professionals – concludes Borella – and they deserve prestige.

They have all the skills to launch the Made in Italy in a different way.”

04 May
Stabilized Elements

Stabilized roses: an eternal youth

Charming and delicate, stabilised roses are refined flowers that Vetro da Amare’s craftsmen, masters in floral art, chose to combine with the most incredible Murano glass artistic creations.

The choice fell upon this particular type of roses because of the many benefits they allow in the decoration.

Stabilisation. An elixir of eternal youth


Stabilisation is a process that preserves the rose’s original beauty for several years.

The roses are picked by hand in South America in the moment of their maximum splendour. Stabilisation will crystallize their beauty forever, making them eternally young:

by substituting the plant’s natural fluids with glycerin, the process preserves the roses for more than an year, guaranteeing freshness and softness of a natural flower.

Many colours for many desires

Like the spell of a good fairy, the stabilisation prevents stabilised roses from withering, keeping their beauty intact through the years.

The process is well liked by professionals, not just because of the natural look of the flower: the rose, devoid of its natural pigments after the chemical process, can be coloured with different colours.

Vetro da Amare guarantees the customization of the roses among a wide range of almost twenty different colours: saffron yellow, ivory, red, violet, sapphire blue, black…the list is endless.

The skilled artisans craft the prettiest arrangements according to their customers’ desires: solid coloured arrangements, multicoloured arrangements…there is no limits to creativity.

 

Our stabilised roses

These special roses are very well-loved by flower designers, florists and artists.

They are usually chosen to decorate wedding cakes or tables.

Our company decided for a different use in the interior decor: the delicate arrangement enhances the chosen vase, court shoe, mirror or painting, transforming it from a piece of furniture into a unique masterpiece.

Discover our collections of Murano glass and stabilised roses works: choose your artwork among mirrors, vases, court shoes and paintings.