SATURNO

As a young man, I spent evenings looking at the sky and planets.  I came away with enormous respect for the power of the universe.  The planet Saturn has a unique and appealing beauty for me with its outer ring.   I have always been drawn to this shape and wanted to create it in glass, a technically difficult feat.   No one had ever attempted a shape like this.  I had to work out the technique in my head for many years before I dared to attempt my first one.   I finally succeeded in bringing my vision of Saturn, the most original and perfect organic form, to life in the mid-1960s.   Since then, I have tried to represent this planet in the medium of glass with the utmost love and respect.

Lino Tagliapietra

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