by Sara Sally LaGrand

Photography by Amy West, Stefano Giulio Pavesi, Mauro Vianello, Michael Zennaro, and Gianluigi Bertola

Murano, Italy, has been featured in almost every news source regarding the growing energy crisis in Europe and specifically its effect on glass production. Well-known flameworking artists Davide Fuin, Amy West, Lucia Santini, and Mauro Vianello along with Marianna Oliboni and Chiara Lee Taiarol, co-owners El Cocal, a new all-female flameworking studio, discuss the problems this brings and some potential solutions.