PICK OF THE PRODUCTS REINTERPRETING
HISTORIC VENETIAN GLASSWARE
Launching its latest Murrine designer collection, tilemaker Trend, returns to its Venetian glass- making roots, bringing a series of exquisitely intricate decorative patterns to the modern world of glass mosaic.
mesh for faster and easier installation, it is also suitable for wet areas like bathrooms, shower cubicles, spas and ornamental fountains.
The three mosaic styles, Burano, Murano and Torcello are named after islands in the Venetian Lagoon and each is offered in different colourways. Burano reflects the millefiori or ‘thousand flowers’ effect of radial symmetry, in circular mosaic panels measuring 204.5cm (6’ 8½”) in diameter. The blue interpretation, Burano 1, contains a total of 23 different tile colours, whilst the predominantly red Burano 2, numbers 17 different shades.
Murano continues the millefiori theme into a 149cm (4’ 11”) square module, using large and small circular repeat patterns, which can be combined to create linear friezes, rectangular panels or complete wallcoverings. There are four colourways ranging from a restrained monochrome (Murano 1), to a variety of soft pastel shades in Murano 2, 3 and 4.
The new range of micro-tile compositions has been inspired by classic murrine designs, traditionally made by layering up coloured glass canes and often incorporated into fine art paperweights and blown glass vessels.
Now, Trend has reinterpreted this ancient art into a bold collection of circular and square pre-formatted mosaic panels, using its piccolo formato 1cm square, glass tiles that are perfect for complex patterns and hand-cut pieces for creating curves and fluid strokes. The techniques employed also celebrate a link with the Trend Group’s past, since its 19th century Orsoni factory, renowned for the production of gold and glass mosaics, is still sited in Venice and its founder, Angelo Orsoni, was born on the island of Murano, for centuries the home of murrine glassware.
Lending a contemporary aesthetic to a treasured art form, the Trend Murrine Collection is offered in nine different styles that are perfect for mosaic features, modular panels and friezes, which are suitable for interior and exterior walls, as well as residential and light-traffic commercial flooring. Pre-mounted on the company’s innovative Trend Plus polyurethane backing
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Torcello 1 and 2 reproduce the modular format on a larger scale and in bolder colourways, with five 158cm (5’ 2”) square sheets in each design making up a mosaic panel over five feet (158cm) square, for flooring and feature walls. Twenty or more individual tile colours in each pattern are drawn from Trend’s Vitreo, Brillante and Shining 1cm x 1cm micro-tile ranges, basis for the entire Murrine Collection.
In addition to time-honoured patterns and a well-defined finished effect that eliminates the pixelated look, the Murrine Collection is thoroughly eco-friendly, being made from up to 78% post-consumer recycled glass. Technical performance is impressive too, boasting internationally-accredited resistance to water absorption, chemical agents, thermal shock, colour fade and freezing temperatures. The tiles are also DIN rated for slip resistance and the close-spaced grout lines contribute further anti-slip properties.
The Murrine Collection is available to special order from Granite Transformations showrooms nationwide and other authorised Trend stockists.
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