Lino Tagliapietra | The Making of a Maestro 

his truest legacy is over forty years of teaching. the greatest creations he left behind are we who have been fortunate to be trained by him. he truly is il primo maestro. the prime master of all masters. Any shop he walked into, we ALL instantly deferred to his orders. not because we had to, but because he is who he is. when he and the solid sculptor pino signoretto were together it was truly magical. usually only one master of that level is alive at any given time. but we had a solid sculptor and a hollow worker of the same high level at the same time. a very unique time to be alive in glass history. like having da vinci painting something right next to a modern bronze casting master. truly special times.

to put it in perspective, my professor took a course from him in the early nineties. 15 years later she started teaching me. eight years later *I* took several courses from him. hes molded three generations of artisans to an extremely high technical standard,. its just bonkers. over SEVENTY years hes worked. just breathtaking to consider