The Virginian Pilot, April 3rd, 1999
Byline: TERESA ANNAS, STAFF WRITER
WHEN EMILIO SANTINI was young, he lived on an island of glass. Everywhere, there was glass - hand-blown and flame-worked, chandeliers and goblets. Glass so extraordinary, it could make you weep. The best in the world.
He walked down those lively, ancient avenues, passing by dozens of glass factories. There were so many glass blowers that to stand out a man had to be fantastic. He had to reach perfection.
At home, Santini drank from tumblers hand-blown by friends, relatives or his father. Even the stakes his father used to hold up the tomatoes in his vege...
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