I saw this remarkable place on my last day in venezia and i couldn’t resist it. I had to wait an hour and a half for the shop to open at 10 am. The artist or the craft lady not sure what to call her is super friendly and she doesn’t mind trying every thing and taking pictures. She sits their and makes masks in…
a small but friendly and beatifull craftsman workshop and shop for all kinds of glasshave had a nice presentation and explenation of some «things» made of glasssituated on the main channel througt Murano, most of the peaple only see the highlighted shops and overlook this store
It is a workshop-store mask, their advertising is having made masks for the Stanley Kubrick’s film «Eyes Wide Shut». I bought the same style worn by Tom Cruise in the movie. Authentic Masquerade Mask — Handmade in Italy and gold plated. It’s going on display in my new office. Beautiful, high quality, authentic…
LAGGIA in Venice is a tiny store next to Campo San Maurizio in the passageway when walking in the direction of San Marco square. It is easy to miss, but a highly recommended stop. Laggia is the store of Alfred Laggia the local Venetian designer who creates incredibly complex hand made intricate mesh jewellery…
There are hundreds of shops in Venice selling fake, made in China Murano-style glass, but this store isn’t one of them. Walking through the San Marco area, being disappointed at the poor quality glasswork displayed at every other store, we noticed the beautiful glassware displayed at this store. Immediately…
We had an absolute fantastic time on the ABC mask making class. The instructor was super supportive of our little girl without taking over her artistic freedom (read: sloppiness).In addition, the prompts and models all help to guide those of us with a little more limited creativity. Finally, the space is super…
This little glass/souvenir/art shop is located just by Murano Faro stop (no. 12) on the Venetian island of Murano. The island is famous for its fancy glasswares.I was expecting things in the shop to be overpriced as it is located so near the stop. But I was wrong.A crescent moon and stars ring caught my…
