This is one of the busiest periods of the year for the atelier Pietro Longhi as the next few weeks the streets and canals of Venice will be filled with people attending the carnival, wearing highly-decorative and imaginative carnival costumes and masks.

Carlo Pistacchi is a Venetian Artisan ice cream maker who owns one of Italy's biggest reggae collections:

The Valese Foundry was established in the historic center of Venice in 1913. It uses the traditional method of sand casting to produce beautifully crafted items: from the ornaments used to decorate gondolas to the lampposts used to illuminate the Grand Canal; from reproductions of famous monuments to moulds used for glassmaking.

Stefano Nicolao, namely one of the most prolific representative of the Venetian creativity, in 2008 celebrated his 25th year of activity in Venice and his 33rd year of activity as theatre tailor. The years from 1983 up to now have been a continual succession of prestigious national and international cooperation, from Venice to the Tibet and the Costume Institute of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The films 'Marco Polo', 'Farinelli', 'Elizabeth', 'The Merchant of Venice', the works 'Don Carlos' at the Lyric Opera in Chicago, 'Madame Butterfly' at the Fenice, and others, represent just a small part of the impressive production of costumes of Nicolao's Atelier,

Venezia Roberto De Rossi artist specialized in the creation of artistic hand-forged ironworks

There are only few female glass artists is Italy and they face continuous challenges in a traditionally male dominated field.

The production of glass baubles in Murano is an highly skilled process,with a variety of styles, often with the inclusion of gold and silver foil.