Thalass dresses the table with the lightness
and the transparency of glass plates

My name is Alessandro Di Rosa. I live and work in Modica, a pearl in the south-east of Sicily, a town rich in history and tradition. For the last twenty years, I have been artistically transforming glass in my handicrafts workshop.

This website is a presentation of my Thalass collection. Thalass, Greek for the sea, represents transparency and light of both glass and sea. The glass pieces represent and are reminiscent of the ocean, shimmering in the light, giving pleasure to the eyes of that look upon it.
Whilst creating this collection, I considered that food is very much like a journey through the senses.

Food is not just a mixture of tastes but also a combination of odors, fragrances and visuals. The dining experience involves our senses to nourish them.

Creating the Thalass collection has been much more than just the production of a line of plates, rather more, it is glass tailoring, encompassing lines and curves, colours and shapes. Food is served like a boat sliding over the wide expanse of sea.

The collection is dedicated to those who consider food an art form, the platter appealing to the visual side of this art, the pathway to a gastronomic revelation.

The process is lengthy because each piece is created as a unique and exclusive design article. Every piece is transformed by hand,working a glass called Float, adapting raw material and combining with light, eventually producing a work of art that has a practical use.
This hand-crafted series uses specific methods, materials and glazes, combined with firing at a high temperature, to render the glass coarse, stronger in colours, a shinier finish and a stronger resistance to water.
The Thalass line meets hygiene and sanitation standards. All tinting takes place within two glass sheets, therefore, avoiding contamination.
There is the option to personalise the pieces according to everyone’s taste. It is possible to adapt the shape, the colour, even the delicate texture of the glass, while maintaining functionality for daily use.

• Haute Cuisine

  Out of this combination of elements, the Thalass line began in 2007, with bespoke pieces made for haute cuisine.
  Thalass pieces are dedicated to those who consider food an art form. For those who think of the dining experience similar to travelling, picking up along the way secret tastes from across the globe.
  The name Thalass is reminiscent of ancient Greek culture, recalling purity and the sea. The sea, still a space yet to be discovered, a great provider of nourishment and life. Thalass pieces are a representation of the bright horizon across the ocean, presenting food delicately with the idea of the marine environment, which the ancient Greeks held in such high regard.
  Thalass pieces are dedicated to those who consider food an art form, those who consider the platter on which food is served not just the carrier but as the food’s casket, a gastronomic pathway. For those who think of the dining experience similar to travelling, picking up along the way secret tastes from across the globe.
  Square-shaped, round, rectangular and drop-formed, every Thalass shape is unique, moulded by the hand of the artisan. Each piece creating different sensations and appealing to a number of the senses. The texture and transparencies are intended to accompany and present food elegantly, sophisticatedly and harmoniously.
  The fluid and ethereal glass of each Thalass piece is a framework for gastronomic art creations, exposing taste, odour and symmetry. The design lead colours (white, red, green, black, ochre and blue), are inspired by the island of Sicily and profile the Mediterranean landscape on the surface of the glass, encompassing our island’s plentiful waters, rich and fertile countryside and our cities, filled with tradition and history.

• Thalass Home
  From the creations of the most exquisite restaurants to the delights of the home kitchen.

  It was a natural evolution for the Thalass line to develop from use in restaurants to use in the home. Thalass pieces are carefully created in the same way home cooks carefully create dishes, thinking about their loved ones. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, representing the love that families and friends feed on every day.
  With this in mind, Thalass created a new line for the home, the most usual place to enjoy food with those we hold close.
  The pieces make ideal wedding gifts or favours, as exclusivity is the main feature of Thalass Home. Each high-quality piece brings sophistication to the dining table, while we maintain a reasonable price for the home range.
  Thalass Home is designed to encourage a special feasting at every meal. It is for those who desire to make food a gift to other people, a treat for those they love, for people who wish for every meal to be a time of affection and sharing.
  Because Thalass home is made for the home.
  

• emnants Thalass
  a glass plates line using recycled glass

  Remnants is the name of the latest addition to the Thalass series. Pieces created from the remains at the end of the working day. The leftover pieces of glass, that the artisan creatively reinvents after the last firing.
  Remnants - Shards of glass, of time, ideas. Pieces to be reshaped, given a name and a purpose. Remnants that should not go to waste, that should not simply be thrown away. Old glass is reinvented, given new light and a new opportunity to be a part of the culinary experience.
  Remnants of glass, that are simply lying around.
  Glass that has been worked with skill, wisdom and care, that provides a good contour.
  Glass not just laid to rest but recycled and reused.
  Remnants..

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