I was so extremely fortunate to meet Murano’s top glass maker who invited me into her NON TOURIST shop to help me discover the original maker of my 4’ tall root beer coloured glass bird tree replete with an assortment of multi colored birds, babies birds in nests and ruby red cherries with thin green stems and green ruffled leaves all in a glass tree. I told her what I knew of its history and she and her english speaking assistant were able to discover on line that the maker was Igor Balbi. We went for coffee later on and I met the other top 4 glass makers plus an elderly retired glass master who I showed one of the birds to and he took it into his hand and covered it with his other hand saying, Magnifico, MAGNIFICO, and queried, “Balbi”???? He told the interpreter that There were two houses on Murano that were for sale and I should buy one, send the Balbi bird tree there and he would show me how to make repairs to the broken parts and we could buy a boat and become fishermen together!!! Christina was so gracious and at her work bench even showing me how the huge tree, birds and cherries would have been made over the period of approximately a year!, She made a small glass branch with a bird on it in front of me while I filmed her making it which now sits in the glass case where my Balbi original bird tree is housed! An experience I shall never forget!!!! Beautiful weather, beautiful people, beautiful glass art work!
I was so extremely fortunate to meet Murano’s top glass maker who invited me into her NON TOURIST shop to help me discover the original maker of my 4’ tall root beer coloured glass bird tree replete with an assortment of multi colored birds, babies birds in nests and ruby red cherries with thin green stems and green ruffled leaves all in a glass tree. I told her what I knew of its history and she and her english speaking assistant were able to discover on line that the maker was Igor Balbi. We went for coffee later on and I met the other top 4 glass makers plus an elderly retired glass master who I showed one of the birds to and he took it into his hand and covered it with his other hand saying, Magnifico, MAGNIFICO, and queried, “Balbi”???? He told the interpreter that There were two houses on Murano that were for sale and I should buy one, send the Balbi bird tree there and he would show me how to make repairs to the broken parts and we could buy a boat and become fishermen together!!! Christina was so gracious and at her work bench even showing me how the huge tree, birds and cherries would have been made over the period of approximately a year!, She made a small glass branch with a bird on it in front of me while I filmed her making it which now sits in the glass case where my Balbi original bird tree is housed! An experience I shall never forget!!!! Beautiful weather, beautiful people, beautiful glass art work!
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