DIEGO TOLOMELLI, CREATES EROTIC IMAGES IN STAINED GLASS

ITALIAN ARTIST DIEGO TOLOMELLI CREATES STUNNING AND UNIQUE PIECES OF STAINED GLASS ART FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS, WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF WORKMANSHIP USING PREMIUM MATERIALS, IN HIS ROME STUDIO,, WHERE HE MAKES AMAZING CREATIONS OF ART IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: INTERIORS, RELIGIOUS AND EROTIC STAINED GLASS.
TOLOMELLI RESIDES IN THE BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN CITY OF ROME, WHERE HE ALSO DESIGNS AND PRODUCES HIS STAINED GLASS PANELS WITH IKO STUDIO. "ROME IS A CITY OF CONTRASTS AND CONTRADICTIONS", HE REVEALED IN AN ONLINE INTERVIEW, "A CITY STEEPED IN HISTORY AND RELIGION AND A CITY WHERE ART AND CULTURE ARE DEVOURED WITH ALMOST AS MUCH LUSTER AS PASTA AND PIZZA. IT'S A CITY WHERE QUEER POLITICS IS IN ITS INFANCY AND WHERE STAINED GLASS HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A RELIGIOUS ART FORM." TOLOMELLI'S PREFERRED MEDIUM IS MOUTH-BLOWN GLASS BECAUSE THE SUBTLE TEXTURES AND COLOURS ARE UNIQUE IN EVERY SHEET AND SOMETIMES THE GLASS ITSELF SUGGESTS A DETAIL FOR THE DESIGN TO HIM. AND HIS FAVORITE WORKING TOOL - HE ADMITTED WITH A PANG OF GUILT - IS A BADGER BRUSH WHICH HE USES FOR SHADING.


HE RECEIVED HIS GROUNDING IN THE ART FORM BY WORKING FOR A LARGE STUDIO WHICH SPECIALIZED IN RESTORATION, GIVING HIM AN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE WITH STAINED GLASS ART, FROM THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD TO MORE CONTEMPORARY PIECES. ALONG THE WAY HE HAS BEEN INFLUENCED IN HIS CHOSEN FIELD BY THE ELEGANCE OF PRE-RAPHAELITE EDWARD BURNE-JONES AND IRISH EXPERIMENTALIST AND BOOK ILLUSTRATOR, HARRY CLARKE. IN THE MODERN REALM HE IS ATTRACTED TO THE STUNNING WORKS OF GAY ARTISTIC DUOS PIERRE ET GILLES AND GILBERT AND GEORGE. TOLOMELLI HAS FORGED A STRONG AND IMPRESSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH PULP GAY-FICTION WRITER, WILLIAM MALTESE, FOR WHOM HE CREATED 'ST.BARTHOLOMEW' AS WELL AS VLAD DRAQUAL, THE HERO OF HIS BOOK, SUCK: THE DRAQUAL VAMPYRE CHRONICLES'. HIGHLIGHTS AMONG HIS RECENT WORKS ARE 'ST. SEBASTIAN', 'THE KISS', 'MALE NUDE', 'FEET FETISH', AND A WORK WHICH HAS BEEN CENSORED ON AT LEAST TWO WEBSITES, 'A THRILLOGY OF COCK'. THE MESSAGE IN HIS AMAZING ART? "I WANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT STAINED GLASS IN NOT A MEDIUM THAT BELONGS SOLELY TO THE CHURCH BUT IT CAN BE BROUGHT INTO VERY DIFFERENT CONTEXTS INCLUDING THE BEDROOM, AND CAN PROPAGATE ALTERNATIVE MASSAGES, INCLUDING SOME PROFOUND ONE. MY EROTIC MESSAGE IS PLAYFUL, THAT SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL DIVERSITY IS A NORMAL PART OF LIFE."
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