In January of this year, after a short sabbatical from glass, Afro began building a new studio to work in. He has a new assistant, Fabio Follin, who has many years of experience working in the glass studios on Murano. The new studio name is Art Glass Studio and is not far from where Afro began his career. By the end of January the furnaces were on and Afro was making pieces again. In February I had the chance to go to Venice and see the new studio and to meet with Afro and his new assistant. They were busy making a new style of blown vessels that is part of a new collection for 2010. Some of the techniques they are using are new and I have not seen them on Murano before.