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Written by Tim James
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Saturday, 18 July 2009 15:18 |
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Finally our glass order arrived from Moretti/Effetre of Murano today! ...It has really been a long time coming. I was actually out of black and down to bits and pieces of clear and ivory.
The minimum to order directly from Moretti is pretty high: 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of each color, minimum 60 kilograms (132 lbs.) overall. What that means is that it is expensive to order a rainbow of colors, and instead it is necessary for us to accumulate colors over time.
On the up-side, it is (relatively) cheap to ship from Venice to Florence: 200+ pounds of glass costs about 30.00 Euro. Now if you try shipping outside the country... That is a different matter all together.
New colors this time: Sky Blue (Celeste Chiaro) / Blue (Pervinca) / Medium Topaz (Topazio Medio) / Medium Amethyst (Ametista Medio) . Colors that didn't come? Copper green (Sorry Lorenzo, Elena & Leslie). Why didn't it arrive? Boh... Chi sa? you would say in Italian: Who knows. There was no indication on the invoice that we even ordered it, although we most certainly did. There was some vague indication that it was a special color and would have higher minimums, but you'd think from a business point of view they would address the issue in the hopes of us ordering it anyway...
Now, where to store all this new glass??? That is a question I'll be addressing when I get to the studio this morning...  |
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