The Flowers of Venice
Giovanna Poggi Marchesi learned the exacting art of working with glass beads from Nella Sammartini Lopez y Royo, her maternal grandmother. Today, she is one of the most well-known and distinguished Italian artists who use her creations techniques and materials that are in harmony with and continue this great Venetian tradition. She lives and works in the Treviso countryside, not far from Venice, in a house immersed in green fields and hills.