episode description
Venice is normally a bustling tourist mecca, but with its streets quiet, local artisans are still hard at work, using the skills they’ve spent a lifetime honing. In Murano, an eleventh-generation glass blower plays with fire as he works to pass on his trade to a dutiful apprentice--his son. Along the Venetian canals, a pair of sisters carry on their father’s legacy as they learn to repair the iconic vessels that glide through the city’s waterways. One man continues the tradition of etching in gold leaf, an art that can be traced back seven centuries, but with no one to share his skills with, he may be the last of his kind. With a family tradition of mirror-making that goes back five hundred years, a new generation continues to innovate as they launch the business into the twenty-first century. These stories and more show how Venetian artists use skills passed down through history along with modern techniques to forge their own unique visions--elegant, powerful, and made with love.
