Dedicated to one of the most important contemporary Italian glass artists, this monograph presents Lino Tagliapietra's main work of the past eight years. Tagliapietra, born in Murano in 1934 but living mainly in Seattle, is considered one of the few Muranese glass masters fully dedicated to the innovation of the century-old Venetian glass-making tradition. This high-quality reference book features beautiful, specially commissioned photographs of his masterpieces and their details.