What is the colour of a song?
What does a word taste like?
These peculiar questions introduce us to the world of synesthesia, a fascinating topic that crosses neurological sciences, as well as art and literature. Contrary to the word “anaesthesia”, which means ‘loss of sensation’, the term “synesthesia” comes from the Greek sýn, meaning ‘join’, and aisthánomai, meaning ‘I feel’, referring to the idea of ‘feeling together’.
People with synesthesia can savor a word, see a sound, hear a color, involuntarily and automatically experience a blending of the senses that characterizes a rich and dense way of experiencing the world.
The joining of different sensations typical of synesthetic experiences also features arts. For example, the painter Kandinsky talks about colours and music as intrinsically intertwined. In his “On the Spiritual in Art”, the artist describes his ability of hearing the voices of colours, which he combined together in his paintings to form choirs on the canvas.
Synesthesia also characterizes literature as a figure of speech that enriches descriptions by combining words linked to different senses. In the poem “Il Bove” by Giosuè Carducci, the author writes about the “green silence” to describe the quiet, bucolic world he loved so much.
The PIUMA Sinestesia collection is dedicated to the shapes and colours of the paintings turning into musical notes, and to the written word creating dense and sensorial images. Their lively, fluctuating colours are embellished with silver intrusion and are created with Diamond Cast, a material made with Alumilite and a combination of real diamond and various pigments.
Fusione – variegated light blue and burgundy
Senso – variegated blue
Sinestesia – variegated light blue and green
Nib Options:
18kt nib sizes: Extra Extra Fine, Extra Fine, Fine, Medium and Broad
14kt Flex nib sizes: Extra Fine, Fine, Medium and Broad
