Lucio Bubacco plays with his cat after a day's work at his studio in Murano of Venice, Italy, on Sept. 9, 2015. In Murano of Venice, well-known for its glass craft making, skilled glass craftsmen are often titled as "masters". However, Lucio Bubacco, esteemed as a real artist by many professional glass craftsmen, never calls himself " Master". " I don't care about other people's comments", Bubacco said, "What I truly care about is my relationships with my glass". In Murano, craftsmen usually put glass products into muffolas to cool them off immediately as soon as these products are taken shape. Otherwise they will break. But Bubacco doesn't worry about it. "Glass has life. I communicate with it. When it hears my words, it never breaks." He said. Bubacco began his flameworking at the age of 14, following his father's footsteps. Thereafter, he took some drawing courses and tried using the human figures made of glass to express his emotions. In 1993, Bubacco was accepted into a fellowship program at the Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Arts in New Jersey, the United States. This became a major turning point in his career as he learned to craft goblets, vases and chandeliers with human forms. Lucio Bubacco's works, known for his unique human and fantasy figures, reflect the perfection of Greek sculpture with the gothic architecture of his native Venice. His works have been exhibited in many countries and bought by collectors around the world. (Xinhua/Jin Yu)
