donzella and roberto giulio rida

I went to Paul Donzella's opening 

tonight at

Donzella 20th Century

and,

as usual, he and his crew did a

 fantastic job.

The pieces by Roberto Giulio Rida 

are exquisitely crafted out of glass and wood,

mostly glass, 

well, 

you see mostly glass,

but technically there is PROBABLY more wood,

but glass is the skin to the bones.

If you know what I mean.

(I love when I give myself a hard time....)

I have no idea how costly these were, 

but they had to be 

crazy expensive,

because they were 

crazy nice.

Glass studs.

These were really sweet.

Beautifully made.

Nice glass lozenge too.

In action.

These pieces were the stars of the show.

Kind of Gio Ponti meets Verner Panton 

at Studio 54

for some blow 

and 

a doppio.

This piece was much more subdued,

but very chic.

All that thick crazy glass!

I kept thinking what a nightmare it must have been to get them 

over from Milan.

(Paul told me 2 pieces had damage 

from the long trip across the pond.

One can be fixed here, 

but the other one has to go back to Milan, 

and he estimated the shipping round trip would be $5000.)

OUCH!

The End.

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