The artistic history of Santa Chiara, the famous Murano Glass Gallery, is closely linked to ‘Cafi’ (Ion Cafadaru) who spent four years designing and executing its fine reconstruction. The former church of Santa Chiara has just been restored and already has become a meeting place of famous glass artisans and Read more…
Do you know the scents, the essence of Sicily? Have you been enveloped by the scent of citrus blossoms (flowers of oranges and lemons) in late March? If you have experienced these emotions, then you can understand the story of Giuseppe Arnone and his creation Arnò that has recently arrived Read more…
I have visited Murano many times but I had never heard of Santa Chiara before reading an article from a Chinese newspaper that spoke of Giovanni Belluardo. In this paper, reference was made to a man who for four years had been restoring an old church built in 1200 desecrated Read more…
Fire was the first revolution of humanity but it also has influenced many of his choices and man had to set some planning rules to counter and control fires – rules for fire fighting. Some consequences of these regulations are truly poetic! Perhaps one of the most interesting stories of Read more…
