Tiramisu and You….
Lino and Lina have been in Seattle, waiting until it is safe to travel back to Murano. Like so many of us, they are getting very creative with ingredients to cook with, including a Simple Cabbage Soup, Pasta with Vegetables, Lino’s Beet Jelly, Lina’s Osso Bucco, and her amazing Tiramisu! She claims, it’s not the same as if she had the right ingredients, however…. it looks amazing! Thanks for the beautiful smiles. A special thanks to Jacopo, for all you do, including this great photo!
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In February 2020, as a visiting artist at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Lino worked in a public setting where the energy of a live audience fed his creative drive. photo: k.saul
The hands of the Maestro, working with murrini design for the Nassau sculpture (below) at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma in February, 2020. photo: k.saul
Being in the moment…
On the experience of being an artist-in-residence, Lino Tagliapietra highlights the importance of being in the moment. He says: “in the beginning, you are rusty in the mind, the hands, and the spirit. But soon, these things begin to move in concert, you start to feel free, your mind fills with ideas and emotions, and the experiment of making the work takes off.” Lino never does drawings or sketches, saying he has no patience for it. Instead, there is a special alchemy that occurs between his mind and hands and the materials of glass and fire which cannot be predicted and for which there are no adequate words. Each work is ultimately the expression of a single indefinable thing, the extraordinary spirit of Lino Tagliapietra. As he describes it, “the idea is born, and sometimes it is very easy and sometimes it is very hard to go in a new direction and find the correct way. But the good things give you energy. Sometimes it is important to think a lot, but thinking can complicate things. Sometimes the good things are the simple things, but then sometimes the easiest things are the most difficult to do. You can have something perfect, but then you lose the spirit. Sometimes you have the spirit and sometimes you don’t. I still get so much joy from the work. It is still absolutely the best thing I know.”
Excerpted from the catalogue essay In Spirit: The Art of Lino Tagliapietra
Nassau, 2020. 26.5 x 11.5 x 8.25” photo: Russell Johnson
Lino Tagliapietra working on a piece with his team. Photo: Russell Johnson
IN SPIRIT
The Art of Lino Tagliapietra
May 29-June 21, 2020
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FOR YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING... For the sake of the well-being of our visitors and staff, our gallery is currently closed to the public. We will continue to be available remotely... until restrictions are lifted.
We are available to give a virtual tour of the exhibition should you desire!
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Lino Tagliapietra Documentary Accepted to Berkshire International Film Festival in September!
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LINO TAGLIAPIETRA
Lino Tagliapietra’s career is defined by a dedication to workmanship, innovation, and collaboration. Born in 1934 on the renowned glass-blowing island of Murano, Italy, Tagliapietra began his apprenticeship at age 11 with Muranese master Archimede Seguso from whom Tagliapietra achieved the status of Maestro Vetraio by the age of 21. For over forty-two years, Lino worked in various for-profit Murano factories including Vetreria Galliano Ferro, Venini & Co., and finally as the Artistic and Technical Director of Effetre International (1976-1989). Tagliapietra has been an independent artist since 1989, exhibiting in museums around the globe, receiving countless honors, openly sharing his far-reaching knowledge of the medium and his skill as one of its finest practitioners, and helping to create a new renaissance in studio glassmaking.
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10% of the sales from this exhibition will be donated by the artist and the gallery to Feeding America COVID-19 Response Fund to help Food Banks during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Here is the recipe!