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Every glasswork begins with an idea. But an idea alone is never enough. A first sketch captures a concept. Technical drawings define proportions, dimensions and production details. From there, the design enters a process of experimentation, where imagination meets the possibilities—and the limitations—of glass. Glass demands that ideas are constantly tested against the material itself. Colours are tested, adjusted and combined. Murrine became one of Fratelli Toso's most i

Every archive contains unanswered questions. Some are hidden in a forgotten photograph. Others emerge only when a drawing is placed next to a finished object decades later. Sometimes a single handwritten note changes the interpretation of an entire series. Research rarely begins with certainty. More often, it begins with curiosity. An archive should always be read as a whole. Creative sketches reveal the first ideas behind an object. Technical drawings record dimensions

This September, Casa Rosanna will once again take part in The Venice Glass Week. This year, however, we have chosen to begin where our story begins. The Fratelli Toso Archive. More than a collection of documents, it preserves over 170 years of drawings, photographs, murrine samples, prototypes, catalogues, administrative records and working materials that document the history of the manufactory and its production. It is not simply a record of the past, but a living archive th