Cesare Sent

Cesare Sent

Cesare Sent was born in Murano, where he is still living and working. After acquiring the mastery of the Muranese techniques passed down to him from both his grandfathers, both having bee...

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Cristina Sfriso

Cristina Sfriso

Born and Raised in Murano and being daily in contact with the glass of Murano enough evidence to bring Cristina towards its destiny: a glass artisan. The daily work is to transform every id...

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Cristiano Balbi

Cristiano Balbi

Cristiano Balbi was born in Murano in 1956. Following his father's footsteps, he has entered the world of glass making when he was only 9 as helper in the furnace owned by his family. Gradually he ...

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Maurizio Alfier

Maurizio Alfier

MuranoNet meets the artists Today we would like to introduce Maurizio Alfier, a very talented Murano glass artist. It’s a sunny afternoon as we travel towards his atelier in the Venetian mainlan...

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Gabriella Nanni

Gabriella Nanni

You already know Gabriella Nanni for her jewels with Murano glass containing gold and platinum leaves that create incredible light effects. It has been a huge success thanks to their personali...

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Fabio Tagliapietra

Fabio Tagliapietra

Fabio Tagliapietra was born in Venice on 07th Nov 1978. He comes from a dynasty of glass maestros. He started his career at the age of 14 with his father Andrea at the Vetreria Arte 80 in 1992. He ...

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Romano Donà

Romano Donà

  Romano Donà, born in Murano in 1956, comes from a long line of glassmaking experts. He started his apprenticeship with his father at the Fratelli Manfren Glassworks at a young age, learning the a...

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Diego Costantini

Diego Costantini

Diego Costantini was born in Burano in the 70s. He is the son of artists: his father and uncle worked in a furnace and Diego, even at a young age, followed the passion of his family. ...

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Dario Frare

Dario Frare

Dario Frare was born in 1977 in Murano and has inherited his passion for drawing and glassmaking techniques from his father Giuliano, also a well known Master, his first collaborator. Dar...

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Manuela Milan

Manuela Milan

Manuela Milan was born in Venice in 1964. Her passion for glass comes from far: since her childhood she has attended the workshop of a glass master who's a family friend - Marco Fasolato ...

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Dimitri Cimarosto

Dimitri Cimarosto

Dimitri Cimarosto is considered one of the greatest artists of the “ a lume ” technique. Dimitri learned the ancient technique of glass blowing from his father Mario, who had been an assistant o...

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Davide Salvadore

Davide Salvadore

Davide Salvadore - Mattia and Marco's father (see Studio Salvadore) - was born in a family of glassworkers. The ancestors on the part of Davide Salvadore's mother have been creating glass since 170...

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Vittorio Ferro

Vittorio Ferro

Born in 1932 Master glassmaker at F.lli Toso . His extraordinary ability allowed him to deal with all the techniques of working in the furnace, from delicate filigra...

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Fulvio Bianconi

Fulvio Bianconi

Born in Padova in 1915 and died in Milan in 1996. He met Paolo Venini in 1948 and started a job relationship that had lasted form more than forty years.In 1958 he also worked for Cenedese's, in 1...

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Mauro Vianello

Mauro Vianello

Mauro Vianello began his work on glass in one of the most renowned Murano glass factories when he was very young. His dear friend Vanni (skillful maker of lighting glass items) taught him the techn...

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Dino Martens

Dino Martens

Corrado Martens, known as Dino, was born in Venice in 1894 where he died in 1970. Studies at the Accademia Delle Belle Arti di Venezia. Moves to Murano in the middle ‘20s to become a collaborator ...

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Antonio Vaccari s.r.l.

Antonio Vaccari s.r.l.

The Vaccari have been active in the production and sale of Venetian pearls since the nineteenth century. The founder Augusto Vaccari exported lampworked glass to the French and English co...

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Valter Rossi

Valter Rossi

"Glass, this magical material that pushes me every day to improve myself to reach a perfection that I will never reach." "The master glassmaker cannot go back: his sign remains indomit...

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