I have a ton of reader copies that are picture books. The great thing about them is you can read one or two (or three) at lunch. This particular picture book, A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead took a little longer than usual. Partly because of that really long title! However, once you get into Evan Turk’s story, you know it was worth it. As a child of the 15th century Italy, Marietta was fascinated by her father’s […]
If glass work is men’s work, why did one woman revive the lost art of millefiori?
A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead by Evan Turk