Lino Tagliapietra (b. 1934 in Murano, Italy) is an Italian glass artist. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A shop with boats, Murano Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Lino was born on the island of Murano in 1934. Murano, an island who's history of glass dates back to 1291, provided Lino with the perfect educational environment to become one of the greatest glass artists to have ever lived. At the age of 12 Lino was apprenticed by the glass maestro Archimede Seguso. Nine years later, at the age of 21, Lino earned the rank of maestro. For the next 25 years Lino worked in association with serveral of Muranos top glass factories. Lino's influence to the American art glass studio movement is primarily attributed to his friend Dale Chihuly. In 1968 Chihuly visited Murano and learned from Lino, as well as other glass maestro's including Pino Signoretto. A shop with boats, Murano Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges. ... A shop with boats, Murano Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges. ... Dale Chihuly has become famous for his intricate, vividly-colored, eye-catching glasswork. ...

In 1979 Lino came to the United States to teach at the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington. This event marked the beginning of knowledge sharing amongst the American Glass Artists and the Italian maestros, who in the past had gaurded their techniques as valuable trade secrets. Lino's generosity in sharing his knowledge, which builds upon centuries of Italian technique, has given inspiration to many of America's best glass artists. Widely recognized as the worlds premier glass school, Pilchuck was founded in 1971 by Dale Chihuly and modeled after the prestigous Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. ...

The eighties marked Lino's entry into the studio artist world after over a decade of traveling, teaching and working with studio artists across the world. Lino's solo production is representative of the finest glass art the world has ever seen. His technical abilities to manipulate glass are surpassed by no one. Even Dale Chihuly, who is one of the most well known glass artists in the world has said Lino is "perhaps the world's greatest living glassblower", and few would disagree. Dale Chihuly has become famous for his intricate, vividly-colored, eye-catching glasswork. ...

Awards

• 1996 - Urban Glass Award for Preservation of Glassworking Techniques

The Rakow Commission, The Corning Museum of Glass

• 1997 - Urkunde Goldmedaille - The Glass Art Society Lifetime Achievement Award

Germany

• 1998 - The Libensky Award

Chateau Ste Michelle Vinyard and Winery and Pilchuck Glass School.

External Links

• Lino Tagliapietra's Home Page