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Languages
All of these were spoken at Murano Magic: English (American, Canadian, British, Australian and South African), Italian, Hebrew, Swiss, Swedish, Dutch, Flemish, French and German.
I love listening to different languages, accents and dialects, even when I have no freaking idea what anyone is saying.
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Laundry
I found it kind of amusing, how some Murano Magicians were astonished to discover that local Muranese people actually hang their laundry out to dry in the sun. It was like, “yeah, the glass is cool, the canals are nice, the architecture is really something… but the LAUNDRY! Look at the laundry! It’s HANGING!”
Umm… I hang my own laundry out to dry in the sun (no shortage of that here in Tel Aviv). I don’t own a dryer. I swear. You people are weirdoes.
(See Burano – now THAT really IS astonishing.)
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Laura
Gracious and lovely Vetrofond employee, who turned our visit to the factory into a real treat.
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Limoncello
A bright yellow liquid with a rather high alcohol content, that should always be fed to Sharon and Quinton in large doses. A recipe for good times.
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Linda Lee
Just before Christmas ‘06, a guy named Brett from Texas bid on one of my bead sets and won. “It’s a Christmas gift for my wife”, he wrote to me.
“Can you imagine?” I asked Indi at the time. “A guy who buys his wife BEADS for Christmas. How cool is that? Why can’t I find a guy like that?”
Brett’s lucky wife turned out to be jewelry designer Linda Lee, who over the course of 2007, became not only one of my favorite buyers (smile), but also one of my favorite online friends. She e-mailed me in late ’07, when I mentioned something about my upcoming trip to Italy on my blog, saying something along the lines of “that sounds so cool!”
I responded with “hey, you should come!” – hoping she actually would, but thinking there was no realistic chance that would ever happen. To my surprise, she said she’d be there!
LL actually went out and took a beginners’ beadmaking class, rented studio time in Texas so she could practice, flew all the way to Murano (accompanied by 6,739 suitcases) and TOTALLY ROCKED my workshops - like a true natural. I’m so proud.
Besides, she’s lots of fun to hang out with (not to mention, a REALLY good listener – without her there, I may have seriously gone Murano Mad). I think we will be friends for years to come. That’s what it’s all about, really.
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Lost and Found
- Has anyone seen the Q-Bead? On one of the last days, I made a special bead for Quinton – it’s black with silver, clear and Raku, easily identifiable as a Q-Bead because it has a little black Q on one end. If you took it home with you by accident – could you please e-mail me? I’m not angry or anything, I’d just really like to get it back. Grazie in advance.
- Umm… I lost my Giubelli bead. I’m pretty sure I left it at the hotel, but the claim they haven’t seen it, so just in case – it’s hollow (obviously), in a twisted sort of shape, clear-based with decorations in yellow and white that look kind of like fried eggs. It was on a black cord. Anyone? Pleeease? Crikey.
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Love-Hate Relationship
See HotHeads.
Photo by Indi
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Lucio Bubacco
Grand Maestro, king of Murano, and guess what – he’s also a really friendly guy! Read more on my blog.
(See Carrots.)
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Luigi Cattelan
Chevron maker who happens to own at least 99% of the island of Murano. Possesses superhuman powers, enabling him to get from point A to point B at the speed of light. Either that, or there are more than one of him. Neither option would surprise me at this point.
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