Venezia if full of pleasant surprises, including individual artisans doing their special thing. I…read moreencountered the Studio of Marina de Grandis one night as we were randomly wandering around Venice. I told Erin, Jim, and Gayle that I would catch up after deciding that I wanted to go inside and explore further. I ended up buying a small leather and metal necklace as a gift and wishing that I would have pulled the trigger on a neat little pochette that was calling my name in her window. When I returned to the US, I contacted her about that item and a cool camera bag that she makes for esteemed local photographer Marco Secchi. These are times where I wish Paypal or another electronic payment service were more universally available. I ended up going the Iban wire transfer route, which costs a "bit" extra. Yet, the bags were expertly crafted (at her "laboratory" on Giudecca Island), delivered quickly, and easily represents one of the most unique memories of what Gayle and I consider to be a very special Italian vacation.

My visit to MM Venezia was one of the highlights of my Venice trip. I had been looking for a…read morespecific portfolio cover for a couple of years with no luck & within a day Marina had designed it, handmade the cover and I picked it up the following day! I could not ask for a better souvenir from my trip & will treasure it & use it constantly. It is amazing to deal directly with local artisans such as Marina & the quality of work is beautiful!

There are other place that you could visit instead. The staff is nice but the person at the cash…read more (I presume the owner) needs some training. Lets say that he is not a people person. The store is ok, maybe like a Joan's fabric. There are way nice place but you have to find them.

This place gets one star only for their sales staff who are helpful and nice…read more The owners, husband, wife and son, are extremely impolite. I have tried several times to shop there and always come away with a bad taste in my mouth. No hello, thank you or goodbye from them. They act as though they are doing you a favor by selling to you. There are way too many other really good stores nearby who sell the sa e or better fabrics and sewing supplies to spend your money there. I will never set foot in this place again. Questo posto ottiene una stella solo per il loro personale di vendita che è gentile e disponibile. I proprietari, marito, moglie e figlio sono estremamente scortesi. Ho provato diverse volte a fare acquisti lì e sempre con l'amaro in bocca. No ciao, grazie o arrivederci da loro. Si comportano come se ti stessero facendo un favore vendendoti. Ci sono troppi negozi molto buoni nelle vicinanze che vendono i tessuti migliori e le forniture di cucito per spendere i tuoi soldi lì. Non metterò mai più piede in questo posto.

I saw this remarkable place on my last day in venezia and i couldn't resist it. I had to wait an…read morehour and a half for the shop to open at 10 am. The artist or the craft lady not sure what to call her is super friendly and she doesn't mind trying every thing and taking pictures. She sits their and makes masks in front of you. The place is amazing i wanted to cry not to afford anything there, but still a pleasure to be there and to look at her amazing work. The prices are expensive but absolutely worth every euro. She uses real crystals and the pieces are exotic not like any other shop.