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Cesare Toffolo was born in Murano in 1961, and grew up in a family of top glass artists. His Grandfather Giacomo
was a Master Glass Blower in the Venini Furnace. He taught his son Florino (Cesare�s father) the techniques that
made him also a Master Glass Blower at Venini by the age of 17. Florino then specialized in flameworking, getting
the acceptance of the most traditional people of Murano. Cesare often visited his father�s studio, and learned
glassblowing at age 15. He lost his father two year�s later, but continued perfecting the technique on his own.
He reached the same credibility that Florino enjoyed in Murano. In addition, Cesare developed many flameworking
techniques never tried before. Some of these are the Filigree and the use of gold leaf. He collaborated with
the most prestigious glass establishments in Murano, and was 21 when he exhibited at the Palazzo Ca� Vendramin
Calergi in Venice. At the age of 30, Cesare was invited to teach at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle.
This was followed by other courses there, and at the Niijima Glass Art Center in Tokyo, at the Corning Museum
of Glass in New York, at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, at the Toyama Glass Art Institute,
at Kanazu Forest of Creation Foundation in Japan. He�s been invited to demonstrate his lampworking skills
in Tokyo at the Glass Art Institute and at the Glass House Institute, in France at the Symposium European of
Glass, and in Corning, NY at the 2001 G.A.S. Conference. Museums, Galleries, and Collectors prize Cesare�s
work worldwide. Cesare is one of the top glass artists in Murano, and his work is listed in publications
that track down the value of high-end art in Italy. He is the conceiver and the founder of CENTRO STUDIO
VETRO, a non-profit cultural association in Murano that promotes Glass Art in Italy and abroad. Since 2001,
Cesare has been coordinating the glass workshops in Venice, in S. Servolo Island as Artistic Director.
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