Giovita Vitali

Son of Libero. He was active as a designer during the 20s at the I.V.A.M. furnace, where he worked with Flavio Poli, designing together figures having modern taste.

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Teodoro Wolf-Ferrari

Teodoro Wolf-Ferrari

Born in Venice in 1878, he died there in 1945. Landscape painter, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. In 1913, in Munich (Germany), together with Vittorio Zecchin ...

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Tapio Wirkkala

Tapio Wirkkala

Born in 1915 in Hanko (Finland), he died in Venice in 1985. He attended the Central School of Applied Arts and went on to produce successful art and design in almost every medium-plywood, glass, p...

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Arnaldo Zanella

Arnaldo Zanella

He was born in 1949 in Sant'Erasmo, a small island in the Venetian lagoon, three minutes from Murano. During the 1950’s and 60’s he worked alongside masters such as Alfredo Barbini ...

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Licio Zanetti

Licio Zanetti

Son Of Oscar Zanetti (nickname: Saor) Father of Oscar Zanetti Founded the Zanetti Vetreria Artistica in 1956.

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Oscar (Saor) Zanetti

Oscar (Saor) Zanetti

Known as Saor. Master glassblower, he worked at the Venini & Co. furnaces from the 30s to the 50s.

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Vittorio Zecchin

Vittorio Zecchin

Born in Murano in 1878, he died in Venice in 1947. he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Painter close to "Art Nouveau", he applied his techniques to glassmaking. He worked for Artisti...

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Francesco Zecchin

Born in Murano in 1894, he died there in 1986. He studied engineering at the University of Padua. In 1925 he became a partner of Venini & C., and later left it together with Napoleone Martinuzz...

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Toni Zuccheri

Toni Zuccheri

Born in San Vito al Tagliamento (Udine) in 1936, his father was the painter Luigi Zuccheri, his mother Jolanda was the sister of the poet and philosopher Giacomo Noventa.In 1945 the family moved ...

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Licio Zuffi

Master glassblower at F.lli Toso's, he died in 1973. In 1964, at the XXII Venice Biennale and in 1966, at the XXXIII, he exhibited the glasses executed by him on the design of Renato Toso. In ...

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Mariano Moro

Moro Mariano was born in Venice the 27th of september 1957 on the small island of Burano, Venice. At a very young age (13 years old) he began working with glass at the renowned Cristalleria Santi f...

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Mary-Ann Zynsky Toots

Mary-Ann Zynsky Toots

Born in Boston (U.S.A.) in 1951, she lives in Paris. She was born Mary Ann, but was called Toots almost from birth. She earned her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design, then went to Seattl...

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Mirco Bastianello

Mirco Bastianello

Mrco was born in 1975, son of a Maestro Vetraio. He started working at the age of 15, not in a forge but "a lume", reproducing any kind of objects. His love for glass was so big that,...

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Stringhetti Laura

Stringhetti Laura

After graduation from Art School, Laura Stringhetti attended the International School of graphic design. Student of Licata, Kramer, Teardo, Gadioli with whom she still works today. In her small ate...

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Giovanni Moretti

Giovanni Moretti

Born in 1940 in Murano, he lived in Venice with his wife Maria Roberta Rinaldi until his premature death in 2014. After completing his commercial studies, he joined his brother Carlo in ...

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Oscar Zanetti (Jr)

Oscar Zanetti (Jr)

Oscar Zanetti, son of Licio and grandson of Oscar Snr, started working at the Zanetti Vetreria Artistica - founded in 1956 by his grandfather - very young, at the beginning of the 80's. ...

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Shelley James

Shelley James

Shelley James, after training in textiles at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, has pursued a career in corporate design for international clients such as Visa Intern...

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MuranoNet meets Igor Balbi

MuranoNet meets Igor Balbi

It’s a sunny Friday of early May. The climate is ideal for sightseeing and discover Venice and its hidden corners, as are doing thousands of tourists arrived from all over the world. We, i...

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