Interview with Kim Edwards

Kim Edwards won the third prize in the 2024 Your Bead for Venice competition with her glass chainmail piece inspired by the traditional Venetian chevron beads (or rosetta, as the Venetians call them). The rosetta bead is also the logo of the Comitato per la Salvaguardia dell’Arte delle Perle di Vetro, the organization that partners …

Interview with Mathieu Grodet

First Place Winner of Your Bead for Venice 2024 by Laura Simone Mathieu Grodet, Infinite Variety “This bead features four murrine elements that I created in Moretti glass: a circular window with a portrait of Marchesa Luisa Casati, a quote from the Marchesa is contained in a rectangular shape, a square holds a signature with …