Richard Yelle discusses learning Venetian techniques both from Americans who went to Venice and Venetians coming to the States. Oral history interview with Richard Yelle by Barb Elam, conducted via telephone, December 17, 2019, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 00:48.

Richard Yelle: And we were all very excited about learning Venetian techniques. That’s how we came to have marvers [laughs] in our, in our shops. I remember being—somebody explaining to me that that’s the Italian word for marble. And a number of guys, including Dan Dailey, did a Fulbright in Italy and picked up a lot of the Venetian techniques. I think Jamie [James Carpenter] did the same thing. So it wasn’t just Lino bringing Italian glassblowing to America. It was some Americans going there and learning and coming back.