Giulia Vecchiato - Suri Studio
Notes from OCTOBER ‘22
The great revelation perhaps never did come.
Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.
Virginia Woolf (2007). “Selected Works of Virginia Woolf”.
Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.
Virginia Woolf (2007). “Selected Works of Virginia Woolf”.
Venice is immersed in fog since a couple of days, the white sky envelops and hides the sun,
humidity enters from the drafts, into houses, into socks, imbuing our moods. Paolo is not going
out fishing, so no cuttlefish. The perfect climate for writing, working, cooking and reading.
Living in Venice is a choice, a resistance that is easy to question, but it is a place that allows a
unique everyday life, a human contact "forced" by walking, a slow rythm marked by water but at
the same time frenetic in logistics of everyday things.
humidity enters from the drafts, into houses, into socks, imbuing our moods. Paolo is not going
out fishing, so no cuttlefish. The perfect climate for writing, working, cooking and reading.
Living in Venice is a choice, a resistance that is easy to question, but it is a place that allows a
unique everyday life, a human contact "forced" by walking, a slow rythm marked by water but at
the same time frenetic in logistics of everyday things.
Grey autumn water from Venice
In mid-September, the 3rd edition of ONA Short Film Festival took place on the Island of San
Servolo in Venice. Since the 1st edition, I have the task of designing and creating the prizes for
each of the winning categories: I create sculptures that are, as always, unique pieces that convey
ONA's values. In fact, the Festival selects the best international shorts films and aims to share life-
changing stories of outdoor sports, nature, and environmental awareness. This year I created a
series of sculptures made of an organic metal element, my beloved denti de can, and a natural
element, a stone collected by me on the Piave river bed. [Piave in the last year has seen very
little water due to the severe drought that hit Veneto area].
Servolo in Venice. Since the 1st edition, I have the task of designing and creating the prizes for
each of the winning categories: I create sculptures that are, as always, unique pieces that convey
ONA's values. In fact, the Festival selects the best international shorts films and aims to share life-
changing stories of outdoor sports, nature, and environmental awareness. This year I created a
series of sculptures made of an organic metal element, my beloved denti de can, and a natural
element, a stone collected by me on the Piave river bed. [Piave in the last year has seen very
little water due to the severe drought that hit Veneto area].
Piave rock and silver plated brass awards for ONA
I’m typing wearing my silver ring with an ice-colored topaz, inside which I engraved "ME", a gift I
gave myself a year ago. On the pinky of my right hand I wear a tiny chevalier, the only "non-
SURI" jewel I wear: it is an ancient bronze ring, coming from Armenia made in the Middle Ages,
found at Vernissage Market in Yerevan.
Armenia has been a surprising experience that left my eyes brighting of culture, tradition,
hospitality, nature and gratitude. Sincere smiles and big sad eyes, the beautiful women I met at
TUMO are wonderful and brave. We, on this side of the world, know very little about this land
but the reality is that they are a strong and resistant people - right in the strictly etymological
sense of opposition, of not giving in to a force - which in these days is undergoing yet another
violent attack by the army of a neighbouring country, Azerbaijan. Despite the tension we
breathed every day, we lived two intense weeks, working very well following the program of the
planned workshop.
gave myself a year ago. On the pinky of my right hand I wear a tiny chevalier, the only "non-
SURI" jewel I wear: it is an ancient bronze ring, coming from Armenia made in the Middle Ages,
found at Vernissage Market in Yerevan.
Armenia has been a surprising experience that left my eyes brighting of culture, tradition,
hospitality, nature and gratitude. Sincere smiles and big sad eyes, the beautiful women I met at
TUMO are wonderful and brave. We, on this side of the world, know very little about this land
but the reality is that they are a strong and resistant people - right in the strictly etymological
sense of opposition, of not giving in to a force - which in these days is undergoing yet another
violent attack by the army of a neighbouring country, Azerbaijan. Despite the tension we
breathed every day, we lived two intense weeks, working very well following the program of the
planned workshop.
From TUMO workshop, Yerevan, Armenia
Traveling to share my work with people from cultures far from my own is a great way to get out
of my comfort zone, get enriched with new life, connect unexpected points and go back home
to reconsider my daily life.I have now resumed production and have been carrying out new projects that I have been
working during the last few months. It is still early to tell you more, but there will be workshops -
even here in Venice! - new jewels, sculptures, very beautiful collaborations and who knows what
else. Among the jewels I've made in recent weeks there is a custom-made ring, commissioned by
Mattia, who brought me an emerald of rare beauty he bought in Brazil a year ago. I made a
white gold ring, raw surface with some small shiny element to illuminate the stone, a princess cut
with some small wonderful inclusion, according to nature. Here if you want to deepen the world
of gems cuts. I had never set an emerald, one of the most difficult stones to work with due to its
fragility. The emerald is so delicate that, if traveling by plane, it is
recommended to transport the stone by immersing it in an oil container, to avoid any tiny
fractures caused by pressure.
of my comfort zone, get enriched with new life, connect unexpected points and go back home
to reconsider my daily life.I have now resumed production and have been carrying out new projects that I have been
working during the last few months. It is still early to tell you more, but there will be workshops -
even here in Venice! - new jewels, sculptures, very beautiful collaborations and who knows what
else. Among the jewels I've made in recent weeks there is a custom-made ring, commissioned by
Mattia, who brought me an emerald of rare beauty he bought in Brazil a year ago. I made a
white gold ring, raw surface with some small shiny element to illuminate the stone, a princess cut
with some small wonderful inclusion, according to nature. Here if you want to deepen the world
of gems cuts. I had never set an emerald, one of the most difficult stones to work with due to its
fragility. The emerald is so delicate that, if traveling by plane, it is
recommended to transport the stone by immersing it in an oil container, to avoid any tiny
fractures caused by pressure.
18k white gold and emerald ring, for Mattia
Thank you for your time, for reading me and for allowing me to keep on working on these
unique talismans.
Suri
unique talismans.
Suri