fossilfly
06-13-2008, 01:09 AM
Excerpted from Seattle Post ---
On Saturday, June 14th, you will have the rare opportunity to meet "Lino Tagliapietra" of Murano, Italy. The world's greatest living glassblower. He is what they call, "Maestro" he is a living legend, in the world of glassblowing art, and one of Dale Chihuly's mentors and teachers!
Lino Tagliapietra is revered as the maestro of glassblowing and one of the key players of the early Studio Glass movement. It was Lino who came to the fledgling Pilchuck Glass School in 1979 and shared with American glassmakers his vast knowledge gained from years of work in the Murano glass community. This act began a chain reaction of shared knowledge that universally elevated the art and craft of glassmaking and changed the course of contemporary glass.
On Saturday, June 14th, you will have the rare opportunity to meet "Lino Tagliapietra" of Murano, Italy. The world's greatest living glassblower. He is what they call, "Maestro" he is a living legend, in the world of glassblowing art, and one of Dale Chihuly's mentors and teachers!
Lino Tagliapietra is revered as the maestro of glassblowing and one of the key players of the early Studio Glass movement. It was Lino who came to the fledgling Pilchuck Glass School in 1979 and shared with American glassmakers his vast knowledge gained from years of work in the Murano glass community. This act began a chain reaction of shared knowledge that universally elevated the art and craft of glassmaking and changed the course of contemporary glass.