Background
Dante Marioni grew up among many artistic influences. His father, Paul Marioni, was involved in the American studio glass movement and, as a result, Dante was constantly exposed to the glassblowing artists of the San Francisco Bay Area. He spent summers at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington where his father taught.
Career
In 1979, the Marioni family moved to Seattle and Dante began to study glassblowing at The Glass Eye. After graduating from high school, he started to pursue glassblowing as a career. Working full-time at The Glass Eye.
Marioni learned the art of glassblowing from masters like Lino Tagliapietra, Benjamin Moore, and Richard Marquis.
He has taught in the,, New Zealand,, and Europe. Marioni’s ensemble of glass vessels includes variations of vases, goblets, flasks, cups, and pitchers.
Some of Marioni’s pieces employ "reticello", which resembles a Netto, and murrine (mosaic) techniques. As he has refined his technical skills, he tends to design with tall, sleek shapes.(see external link below) University Art Museum, State University, Tempe District of Columbia Microwave Communications Incorporated ese national Museum of Craft, Tokyo.