Though it’s hard for us to believe, our Spring 2011 design trip to Murano is nearly half over. Our current Venice activities are in full swing. We’ve multiple trips to visit our artisan friends on the island of Murano, as well as in Venice. We’ve even had the pleasure of sharing 2 home-cooked lunches with
Wowzers … only four more days until our $1,000.00 jewelry giveaway deadline. We thought that the day before Thanksgiving would be the perfect time to remind peeps that this giveaway is a fan-only event. You may have seen the small ad we’re running for the $1K sweeps. One of the many features about Facebook ads
Today was a day to broaden our horizons: we escaped Venice, to see a couple of nearby places on the mainland. We visited Vicenza, an ancient city with roman roots, and Padova (or Padua, in US lingo). We met briefly with Eliza, one of our valued precious-metals findings suppliers (Vicenza is the precious-metals capital of
Today has been a bit quiet, as we wait to receive some of our sample perle (beads) on Monday. We visited one of our two primary partners and suppliers on Murano, to pick up some samples from them. We were VERY pleased with what we got – very much what we had envisioned. Our Spring
We had a busy and productive day today. We spent the day with two of our beadmakers, one on Murano and the other in the city of Mestre at the opposite end of the causeway that links the island of Venice with the mainland. On our Vaporetto ride to Murano, we saw workers changing a
Claude Cruz – Marco Polo Designs Lead Designer and President – As we prototype our bead designs with our glass-artisan partners, we secure their agreement to produce those designs solely for us. Because of this worldwide exclusivity, only Marco Polo Designs has access to our custom beads. They are our “crown jewels”. Since each
Hi, I’m Claude Cruz, Design Director for Marco Polo Designs. I’d like to share some thoughts about what makes Marco Polo such a special company. The unique beauty of our fine-glass “wearable art” stems from our spectacular custom Venetian and Murano lampwork beads, and from the way in which those beads are carefully crafted to
The magic of Marco Polo Designs fine-glass jewelry begins with our custom handmade Italian lamp-work beads. These Marco Polo-designed glass “gems” are built up from multiple layers of intricately-patterned glass, capturing all of the light and color of the rainbow. 24k gold and sterling silver foil gives these beads a luminous heart that heightens the
The final day of the show went wonderfully. We added several new, strong customers today, including an Arizona account with three locations. The proprietors are a very savvy young couple who are both ex-engineers – common ground with Claude! We warmly welcome them to the Marco Polo Designs “family.” Booth tear-down took a mere 4.5
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