Lino Tagliapietra's New Aventurine Series

These small scale hand blown art glass pieces from Italian glass master Lino Tagliapietra are called his "Aventurine Series". The color is a muted antique gold that he gets from a secret source.

The finished piece is comprised of many similar vertical forms that are reminiscent of Middle Eastern glass and metal work.

Mr. Tagliapietra is also working with mixed media; using blown forms with fusing. This will be an entirely different approach than the large blown works he is most famous for to date.

You can read more about Lino Tagliapietra in an April 4th, 2011 interview by The Glass Art Quarterly Blog.

Lino Tagliapietra Chrysler Museum Show, Virginia

Lino Tagliapietra is one of the world's most well known glass artists. His works span six decades. No stranger to American art glass, Mr. Tagliapietra continues to impress the public with his effortless and elegant style. Widely copied now, but never duplicated.
Tomorrow his show at Norfolk, Virginia's Chrysler Museum closes. Here is a link to the article about it.
Micheal Nourot sends his regards to Lino and all his collectors. Lino, we remember your compliment when you blew glass at Nourot Studio in 1994 for the Glass Artists Society Annual Meeting: "Micheal, that red is the best I have ever seen."