Watch any film, read story, whenever there is a mention of Venezia, there is that red goblet. Many years since I first started to know about the glassware business in Italy, I was finally here. There are signs of ‘no photographs’ everywhere, but the general manager, who’s known me for a long time and also knows I run a small photography business, offered that I ‘photograph anything you want’.

Franco is presenting his ideas to the staff. Don’t ask me what it was regarding – I’ve no idea when people speak in Italian!

Perfect Japanese with perfect Japanese body language and gestures relax the group of Japanese customers.

Some of the more modern designs

Applause as the craftsman completes his glass horse

And of course, the classic red goblets.



