In 2000, with the co-operation of Venetian glassmakers,
I made my first attempt at glass fusion.

I soon discovered that glass making is an art full of secrets, which are passed
down from the teacher to his privileged apprentice, like from father to son.
I realised that if I wanted to learn glass making to create my own art works,
I needed to start experimenting with the different phases of glasswork on my own.

After studying different techniques of glass fusion I began buying second hand machinery
which I personally adjusted to develop my new art form.

The technique for glass fusion is fascinating but complicated and complex:
it consists of cutting several pieces of glass into different shapes and colours
to melt them together with oxides, glass dusts and enamels in order to obtain
a composition similar to that of a painting.
The difficulty of this technique is that different types of glass
melted together often react differently.
After a numbers of experiments and a lot of patience I managed to achieve today's results.

Nowadays I am working on the research of new materials, which are compatible
with the difficult "temper" of the glass. I managed to obtain good results with copper.

This passion which started as a great adventure, made me wonder if my handiwork
could be considered as ART.

Several glassmakers and art critics appreciated my handiwork either for its technique
or for its use of colour or for the subject represented.
At the "Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea Leonardo Da Vinci Terzo Millennio",
organised by the International Accademy in Rome in July 2001, I won third prize.

If you have the opportunity to visit Venice, you can find some of my art works
in St. Mark's Square in the shop:
La Bottega "CA.MI." in Calle Specchieri n. 631 - 30124 Venice
Tel. and Fax. ++39 - 041 - 5227839

You can find some samples of my art works on this webpage.
You can contact me on info@triveart.it or by filling in the form in the contact section.