A bouquet of once-beautiful purple and white flowers made from lamp-worked Murano glass stands wilted and rotting in murky brown water at the bottom of a colourless borosilicate glass vase. The work's title, Vanity, questions the ephemeral nature of beauty.
In 2000, when Lilla Tabasso decided to abandon her biology studies to dedicate herself to the art of glass, several master glassmakers in Murano advis ...
