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La Bricola — Venetian Gold Leaf on Bricola Wood

La Bricola, immersa nella Laguna di Venezia, per decadi guida dei marinai, nasce e viene usata come icona che indica la giusta direzione nella Laguna di Venezia. Il Vento, l’acqua, le maree della laguna e il tempo… scolpiscono ciò che la natura ha creato spontaneamente. Dando forza, unicità e solennità al legno di Bricola. Riempiendo il legno di molta energia.
 

Energia, visibile anche agli occhi, data l’unicità dei pezzi.
 

In collaborazione con De Zotti, nostro cliente che da anni lavora come mobiliere nel campo del riuso creativo di questo legno, abbiamo diviso una Bricola e creato un’icona per raccontare tutto il nostro amore per il legno e Venezia; da qui, nasce La Bricola. Icona per il progetto di Brand Design curato per De Zotti, e prima scultura di Tommaso Gentile. Totem, icona, trittico in legno battuto in foglia d’oro zecchino. Foglia oro realizzata a Venezia, dall’ultimo batti l’oro d’Europa, Mario Berta Battiloro, nella città che è patria da secoli della foglia oro in stile bizantino.
 

Con l’oro al dito… data la giusta forma al pezzo, ho battuto in foglia oro il legno, mosso da quel sapere antico di battitore, che ho voluto imparare per mesi, con l’intento di dare respiro al geniusloci della mia città natale attraverso queste opere. 

Tommaso Gentile / Founder, BOTTEGA ARTEMIA

La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood

La Bricola — Tommaso Gentile, 2025

Totem, icon, triptych in wrought wood with pure gold leaf. Gold leaf made in Venice, by Europe’s last goldbeater, Mario Berta Battiloro, in the city that has been the home of gold leaf in the Byzantine style for centuries. With gold on my finger… given the right shape to the piece, I beat the wood in gold leaf, moved by that ancient knowledge of a beater, which I have wanted to learn for months, to give breath to the genius loci of my hometown through these works.
 

Tommaso Gentile / Founder, BOTTEGA ARTEMIA

La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood

La Bricola — Oro Zecchino su Legno di Bricola

La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood

La Bricola, Icons from Venice

Immersed in the Venetian Lagoon and a guide for sailors over decades, the bricola was born and is still used as an icon indicating the right direction. Wind, water, lagoon tides and time… sculpt what nature has spontaneously created. Giving strength, uniqueness and solemnity to the bricola wood. Filling the wood with a lot of energy. Energy well visible to the eyes, given the uniqueness of the pieces.

La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood

La Bricola — Tommaso Gentile, 2025

La Bricola, an artwork by Tommaso Gentile used as icon of the collection De Bricola inside the brand identity of De Zotti. Our client De Zotti has been working for years in the creative reuse of this wood, which would otherwise become waste, to give people the chance to have a piece of Venice in their homes. We split a Bricola and created an icon to tell all our love for wood and Venice; hence, ‘La Bricolawas born.

Credits:

Triptych of bricola wood sculptures beaten in pure gold leaf produced in Venice using only artisanal techniques.
Material:
venetian 24-carat gold leaf on Bricola wood.

La Bricola:
Tommaso Gentile, Bottega Artemia
Client:
Bottega Artemia for De Zotti Design
Photo: Simone Marcuzzo
Venice Images: Simone Marcuzzo, Sara Sarli
Stylist: Tommaso Gentile, Bottega Artemia

La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood
La Bricola sculpture by Tommaso Gentile gold leaf from venice on bricola wood

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