Fate decided for me. I used to work with wood, which is a completely different craft. Then one day I found myself without a job, due to disagreements with my boss. My brother-in-law, who was the owner of the Fornace Anfora, asked me to lend a hand – not in the glassworks, but packing the finished products.

In the late afternoons, when the glassworkers used to go home, I would make my own little experiments to shape and mould the material with which I worked every day. Then one day there was a vacant job in the 'piazza', and my brother-in-law asked me if I was seriously interested.

In a glass workshop, it designates the trio of a master, his assistant and the serventino who assists both. It represents the traditional progression of a glassblower’s career, a path followed to this day. When you step into our glass workshop, it’s like going back centuries in time.

To discover each other and spend time together. When I start a new project with someone I don’t know, I always invite them to spend some days together here at the furnace. It’s the only way to create a synergy that can lead to excellent results, to build the symbiosis that is the basis of my work.