We spent all morning on Murano, looking on glass everywhere. At one point I let Marta and Terje wander on while I sat down to write....a story with glass in it.
Back in Venezia we decided to visit Mauro in his workshop to pick up the squirrel he made for Marta and also a necklace Terje has bought me as a belated birthday present.
We were on the point of leaving the workshop when Mauro suddenly asked Marta: "Do you want to try to make some glass art? Come here, sit down." He didn't need to ask Marta twice, she promptly found her way to Mauro's special work chair, and a lesson started.
With steady help from Mauro's hands, Marta made the cutest litte fish in the colours of the Italian flag.
Again we were on the point of leaving, again Mauro stopped us with a question: "What about you Britt, do you want to try?"
OF COURSE I DID!
My heart beated fast, I was sweating and my hands were shaking! I made my first tiny litte piece of glass. A bonbon.
Who knows, with a bit of training I might become a glass artist! Watch out for competition Mauro :-)
Mauro will be moving his workshop to a bigger place in a couple of weeks. Yesterday he told us one of his dreams - to be able to open the workshop for a small group of selected tourists. For a week they can come and learn to make glass art, to watch his work, to eat nice meals and to get to know more of Venice.
I would LOVE to be one of the selected tourists in one of these groups. What about you? Are you ready for a glass adventure?
May be there will even be some spaghetti vongole.....
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You can read more about Mauro Vianelli and his work here, and also follow his blog here.
First and last photo from Murano. The others from Mauro's workshop.
