Luca Vidal Glass Windows Vase 17.5h with skyscraper style paned windows on two sides. Can’t photo this well Sorry. Has a wide sash. Around the middle which has a cut battuto technique on an added layer of pale clear crystal. This is stunning and causes the’how did he do that? Reactions that all we glass nuts have. The’windows’ are great, precise and lined up so one can see straight through. One could stick a bouquet into it, but this is more a work of art than a utilitarian object in my opinion. Probably from the 1980s and the condition is as if it stood in one place. For most of its life. I’m only listing this for a couple of weeks and will add some more photos of this dramatic vase along the way. Started working with glass at the tender age of 14 at Studio Vetreria DP on Murano. There he studied under the Glass Maestro, Imperio Rossi for two years. He then went to the Effetre International where he learned the most difficult techniques. There, under the guidance of the masters, Gianluca developed skills that would excel his true talent for glass making. Over the years Gianluca has worked with some of the most important Glass Maestros on Murano. These include Afro Celotto, Silvano Molin, Luciano Pavanello, Giancarlo Tagiapietra and Dino Vio, to name but a few. Gianluca earned the nickname’Crema’, due to his natural ability to gracefully shape glass as a cream! Now, in his own studio on Murano, he works with coloured glass canes, to create his beautiful glass art. He designs and hand makes every piece himself and with one assistant. Gianluca signs and dates each piece, adding “Murano” and 1/1 to signify they are completely unique. Gianluca has mastered techniques which few glassblowers can complete and has a unique sense of colour and composition of the pattern. Suffice to say, he is an incredible and very unique glass artist. Certainly, he is one of the most well known and well-collected glass masters on Murano.