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Rubelli has assigned a second capsule collection to
the multifaceted creativity of the well-known American
architect Peter Marino.
After Peter Marino for Venetian Heritage, the three
silk jacquards inspired by the water of Venice, it is
now the turn of Second Firing, a collection of ten
fabrics whose name refers to the firing of ceramics
in the kiln.
Peter Marino’s muse was his collection of ceramics
by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, a French artist/ceramist
from the late 19th century, known for his innovative
glazes and in particular for having invented
an ox-blood red glaze, named after him - the
“rouge Dalpayrat”.
The multi-coloured vases created by Dalpayrat
impress Peter Marino with the mix of colours in the
glazes, but also with their modernity. He commented
on the artist’s work: “The abstractions of his shapes
and intermixed glazes look modern even today”.
In the Second Firing collection, it is as if Peter Marino
were retracing the creative process of the ceramic
artist by acting as an alchemist and transferring the
flamed finishes and textural effect of Dalpayrat’s
vases onto the fabric - the alchemy of the furnace
repeated on the loom.
The magic of the furnace is in fact counterpointed
by the magic of weaving, which comes from the
complex intersecting of warp and weft threads
and which in Second Firing gives life to an
explosive colour mix. Peter Marino describes it as
“dazzling chromatic waterfalls” in a comment on
Dalpayrat ceramics.
The ten fabrics in the new capsule collection are
unique of their kind. Suitable for decoration and
upholstery, they are made from eco-nylon in the
warp and cotton in the weft. To highlight the shiny
effect of the ceramic glazes, metallic weaves have
also been added in some variants.
SECOND FIRING
BY PETER MARINO
