In 1995, the world famous glass artist Dale Chihuly spent some time in Lismore, Co Waterford. At the time, he was working on his Chihuly Over Venice project, for which he made 14 monumental ...

Chihuly, who started out as an interior designer in the 1960s, was the first American to apprentice at Venice's renowned Venini Glass Factory, in 1968. Upon his return to the United States ...

he traveled to the island of Murano in Venice, Italy, where he worked at the Venini factory perfecting his understanding of the medium through both contemporary and ancient techniques. In 1976, ...