Maestro Lino Tagliapietra and Schantz Galleries ProjectSpace: Boston 2016
A Special Exhibition at 211 Newbury Street, Boston MA May 13 - 22, 2016.
Tagliapietra’s recent body of work revitalizes a centuries-old glass-making
technique called avventurine (from the Italian for adventure), which began in 17thcentury
Murano when a member of the Miotti family accidentally dropped some
copper filings into a glass batch. The delicate process of incorporating metal into liquid
glass then cooling it in a low oxygen, reducing atmosphere as the mineral deposits
clump gingerly together is capricious and often results in failure. Just to prepare the
material is a feat of alchemy.
