Marisa Convento is an impiraressa, one of the women who string Venetian glass beads, a craft added to UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2020 after Venetian perlere and impiraresse pushed for it; she sat on the committee. In her workshop at Bottega Cini she threads tiny seed beads into necklaces and tells their trading history.
- Address
- Bottega Cini, Dorsoduro 734, 30123 Venezia
- Hours
- Tue 11:00-17:30; Thu-Sat 11:00-17:30; closed Mon, Wed, Sun (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-09)
- Best time to go
- Afternoon · About 15 min
- Price
- Free to visit (Price not verified)
- Price level
- €€
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Ask her to show you the 'impirar' technique with long needles and the 'sessola' tray.
- Opening days are few; check before you go.
- Real Venetian beads, sold by the person who strung them, are the antidote to imported 'Murano' jewellery.