Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead illustrator-Steven Weinberg falls into an enchanted diary

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Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead illustrator-Steven Weinberg falls into an enchanted diaryMarietta and her family lived on the island of Murano, near Venice, as all glassmakers did in the early Renaissance. Her father, Angelo Barovier, was a true maestro, a master of glass. Marietta longed to create gorgeous glass too, but glass was mens work. One day her father showed her how to shape the scalding hot material into a work of art, and Marietta was mesmerized. Her skills grew and grew. Marietta worked until she created her own unique glass