Michele Dal Bon was born in 1966 in Venice. He showed a strong artistic inclination from a young age and, after leaving school, worked in various sectors of industrial commerce and in some glassworks in Venice and Murano. He began working with his father in the jewelry business, developing a passion for gems and art with the goal of opening his own store, which he founded in 1994. In the same year, he entered the Faculty of History of Art and Goldsmithing at Ca’ Foscari but did not finish his studies because he was completely absorbed by the new business. He attended goldsmith modeling courses at the IRIGEM in Rosà di Vicenza and specialized in gemology at the Gemological Institute of America in Vicenza. In 1995, he created jewelry for the Teatro La Fenice, and the following year, he became a member of the expert commission of the Chamber of Commerce of Venice, acquiring important famous and antique jewelry. In 1997, he attended a marketing course dedicated to jewelry at SDA Bocconi in Milan, where he met the best Italian managers in the sector. He studied the works of Carlo Scarpa and was passionate about antiques, design, and art history. From these passions, the TRENTAPEDIECI and GLASS THOUGHTS collections were born.