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Studio Valerie Name
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Visual Commas:
Brief intervals of Softness






At the core of these pieces is intimacy. For Valerie, closeness and vulnerability are not passive states, but ways of moving through space, and quiet forms of guidance. Her work unfolds between control and release, most present in the studio’s Scavo glass technique, where material resists full intention and begins, gently, to transform.


While in Florence, she found herself drawn to fragments within historical façades. The language of Spoliā, of time held within surfaces, began to shape the work. Brass forms emerged from these architectural details, becoming structures that hold and embrace the glass.











Guided by the Rucellai Principle of adapting and refining existing elements rather than imposing new ones, the process remains open. Only the first gesture is ours; what follows belongs to reaction, to condition, to time.

These pieces are not meant to illuminate alone, but to slow the present moment, to invite closeness, to be experienced within an intimate distance, no longer out of reach. Fragments of the past are brought gently into the present, given a new life at a more human scale. They do not simply serve space; they stretch time.




Foliage Collection






Across Florence’s façades, ornamental foliage has lived for centuries, curling along palazzi, altar fronts, and carved lintels. These gestures offer moments of visual rest, where rigidity softens into tenderness. Translated into sculptural form, these lights hold a quiet paradox of time: brass endures through its ability to bend, and glass when cared for, becomes eternal.




Fragment Collection






Fragments unearthed from the foundations of Numeroventi’s 16th-century palazzo were carried to the fonderia to be transformed and renewed. Cast into brass, they became structural supports that now cradle glass, forming an embrace between past and present - small acts of Spoliā. Once embedded in architecture, these fragments now operate in a new plane, acting as spatial anchors for light.










Founded by Valerie Name Bolaño (Caracas, Venezuela) in New York and serving a global clientele, Studio Valerie Name is a design practice dedicated to creating spaces and objects where past, present, and future converge. Rooted in history, each project becomes a narrative of origin, continuity, and identity. The work begins with the making of objects through ancient techniques and elemental processes -some forgotten, others not - which are then brought forward into contemporary environments. By integrating noble materials and time-honored craftsmanship with the here and the now, Studio Valerie Name invites the spirit of the past into the present.