IGNACIO – Observers from around the country gathered last weekend in Ignacio to watch local glass blowing master Roger Dale turn bulbs of molten glass into works of art. About 250 people, from Vermont ...
Born in the Italian town of Brescia, Roberto Beltrami grew up just a few hours’ drive from Venice and the island of Murano, world-famous for producing beautiful glassware. But it was nearly 4,000 ...
Richard Bock has a charmingly cluttered work space, and he makes no apologies for it. “A tidy glass shop,” he argues, “is a slow glass shop.” A third-generation glass blower and master craftsperson, ...
It is not easy to become a glass "maestro" on the Italian island of Murano VENICE -- Nicola Causin was 17 years old when he started working with glass. "It was like falling in love," he said. That ...
Glass dealer Keith Davison knows a thing or two about Murano glass: his gallery, Casanova Venetian Glass & Art, in Naples, Florida, is the largest purveyor of the beloved colorful glass in the United ...