Venetian vase, murano glass, original masterpiece by top- master SCHIAVON Massimiliano, Venice Murano. Massimiliano Schiavon was born on the 24th of March, 1971 in Murano. He started working in some small furnaces at the beginning of the ‘80s. At this time he considered glass more as a game than as a real job. Anyhow, during his youth he also made some fundamental experiences working together with some well known glass blowers of the island. In 1998 he came to a turning point, he began working in his father’s factory where, with the collaboration of the glass master Claudio Zanna, he combines all the different techniques that he has learnt in the previous years creating a new line of high quality products characterized by a unique and peculiar style. All the art pieces born from this cooperation are completely handmade. The technique that distinguishes them primarily consists of the composition of multicolour sticks of glass warmed up together at 750°C and then fused and blown with clear crystal. The following procedure for most of these art pieces is the hand grinding through the help of diamond wheels that, cutting and hammering their glass surface, creates extraordinary contrasts and inimitable optical effects. The final result of these different compositions is a selection of masterpieces that can be considered absolutely unique for their designs. They follow precise patterns and shapes which are the outcome both of a long experience and tradition and of a creativity which is continuously developing new ideas. Each piece is directly signed by the glass Masters and catalogued as unique thanks to its certificate of guarantee.