The exhibition "A Jar of Happiness" is a project in which artist Manuela Toselli proposes her works in silk, a medium that the artist has been exploring for years, in a conceptual, material and chromatic journey where it is possible to perceive in the whole an epiphany of beauty, thought and elegance.

In this exhibition, that includes several cycles, or rather: 'series', of her research, the artist reveals her art through the use of silk threads, precious interlaces and organza overlays, which she transforms into visual narratives into which she invites us to enter.
Fragments of lived life, experiences cooled, made to decant and distilled like pure and precious essences so that we can look through the surface, beyond appearance, portions of ourselves that complete the whole, becoming as one with the work. We are captured in the fabrics, we are threads of silk, woven together, we are colour, we live and we vibrate together in the same frequencies. Each work has a precise meaning, it is an intimate thought, a positive message, it is a synthesis of something greater, in which even the technique combined in a skilful and incisive manner, in the overall form, touches our soul.
With an almost alchemic sensitivity, the artist transforms silk, a material symbol of luxury, elegance and fragility, into a hymn to resilience and unexpected beauty. The scraps of silk processing, relics of an opulent production, become, in Toselli's work, powerful metaphors: they remind us that even what is discarded can have a second life, can be transformed, elevated, and become a source of new inspiration and beauty.
Colour, in this exhibition, is much more than a visual element; it is a primordial language, an emotional symphony that resounds deep within each of us. Each colour tone is a vibration, a memory, a promise. Intense reds and oranges pulsate with passion, warmth and vitality, evoking the intense energy of life itself. Deep blues and greens invite us on an intimate journey towards stillness and contemplation. Bright yellows pulse with optimism, vigour and energy. Each work is the result of a creative process full of meaning, thought and dedication. The artist, in the repetitive and meditative gesture of laying the thread or weaving, finds an inner balance, a sort of silent dance between hands and material. Every knot, every thread, every colour combination is an act of love, a sincere offering of beauty and feeling.
This exhibition is an invitation to slow down, to observe with new eyes, to immerse oneself and let oneself be enveloped by the magic of the colours and the silky texture of the material.
It is an invitation to celebrate happiness in its simplest and most authentic forms, to discover how art can be a powerful vehicle for positive vibrations and inner transformation.

An exhibition that we hope will become for the viewer an experience capable of providing food for thought and inspiration. The exhibition will be open until September  13, 2025.

After graduating in Applied Art in the 'Textile' section at the 'G . Sello" secondary school in Udine, she graduated as a Goldsmith Designer in Vicenza, at the "Callegari" Institute and began working with a jewellery design studio for major international brands. After a pause in 2010, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice with a Master's Degree in "Painting" with a score of 110/110 cum laude.
She has a long history of solo and group exhibitions all over the world and her works are part of private and public collections. In 2024, one of her works was acquired by the Casa Cavazzini Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Udine. In her stylistic research, she predominantly uses silk, pure or accompanied by other support materials; it is the medium she prefers for the high conceptual value intrinsic to the material. In the last two years she has started a series of works that combine fine leathers with silk brocades.