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The island of Murano

A small city in the Veneto region, it rises in the Venetian lagoon of five small islands separated by picturesque canals and connected by various bridges.

It is especially famous for its unique blown glass, created and worked by artisans specialised since the XIII century.

The art of glass achieved its maximum peak at the end of the XV century and in the XVI century and then continued until the fall of the republic and was only renewed during the second half of the XIX century. read more »

What is Glass

Glass is a product created from silicon and is considered a liquid with a high level of viscosity and not a real solid as it does not have a regular internal crystalline structure.

Glass is produced by means of fusion of silicon mixtures, such as quartz and sand and metallic carbonates (sodium, potassium, calcium, iron). Metallic silicates are formed from this reaction and form the glass.

Its varieties include: common glass, crystal colourless glass, glass for thermometers, glass for quartz etc. read more »

Glass Blowing

Glass production, on an artisan level, has not changed at all throughout the centuries. No new advanced techniques have been invented after the blow pipe technique: the result depends most of all on the expertise and the artistic skills of the glass artisan.

If you visit a workshop in which glass objects are made and you assist all of the production phases (in Murano the glass experts are more than happy to provide the public with a demonstration of their skills), you will feel as though you have gone back in the centuries. read more »

The History of Glass

- Prehistoric glass
- The art of glass in antiquity
- Glass in the middle ages
- Murano glass
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Murano and the Venetian Glass

Venetian glass has always represented a synonym of elegance and good taste, but not many people know the real millenary story of its fascinating and current nuances. Venetian glass boasts a millenary tradition as the first document that provides evidence of an active glass workshop in Venice dates back to more than one thousand years ago, precisely in 982. read more »