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With good reason all throughout centuries people have showed a mystical attraction towards glass. In a world dominated by opaque objects, visionary individuals have conferred this seen through material both magical and super-natural qualities with only the life’s most precious treasure, water, matching it.

Glass is made out of 70% sand, but the rest is magic, it is art, civilization and most of all a secret hand made craftsmanship. Born out of fire, just like the Phoenix Bird, at 1400 degrees Celsius, the liquid glass is a metamorphosis of the sand becoming translucent and in some way magical. The liquid glass becomes thicker while cooling down gradually and over night it reaches the viscosity necessary for working. It is now only that the Master Artisan, like a true Wizard, will maneuver the hot ball of glass with the help of his tools: borselle (tongs or pliers used to hand-form the red-hot glass), canna da soffio (blowing pipe), pontello (an iron rod to which the craftsman attaches the object after blowing in order to add final touches), scagno (the glass-master's workbench) and tagianti (large glass-cutting clippers). Through an arduous but fast process, just like the statue hidden inside the mass of marble, he then frees the jewelry held captive inside this shapeless mass of hot glass.

The endless resourcefulness of glass has, throughout the centuries, ignited the imagination of hundreds of artists, who have expressed themselves by painting it, sculpting it, engraving it, making glass bas-reliefs, objects for interior design, fashion items and last but not least, jewelleries.

Everyone’s life has been so enriched by the artistic use of glass that it has, in modern times, became an usual ingredient of our daily life. The miraculous alchemy of earth, fire and human creativity has released into our everyday lifes countless treasures that have been held captive in the ovens of Murano Island.

The Italian Master Artisans have proven their attachment toward the tradition of this soul art, an art that seems to have stopped the time, by using even in modern times the same structure of the glass furnaces, the same blow pipes and the same ancient design of tools. All these because to the Italian Master Artisans creativity has another meaning beyond innovation: passion and joy.

Why Murano?

Because ever since the beginning of the 15th century and without the aid of the phone lines, TV or internet, the name of the Murano Island was, all over the world, synonym with the most beautiful and elegant glass products. Thus the Murano Island with its Glass Master Artisans has become the leader of the Mediterranean high end glass products.

Starting with the first half of the 1400, the branch of the Murano Glass artisans was already very well structured, having even leaders involved in the political life of those ancient times. With strong values that have been passed on from father to son, the Murano Glass masters have laid a very solid foundation by starting with writing the rules of the Murano glass craftsmanship, “Mariegole della arte dei verieri de Muran” (Rules of the art of glass blowing of Murano) – found nowadays at the Museum Correr from Venice, Italy.

The Glass creation of the Murano manufacturers became true art in the 19th century when new techniques and new alchemy facilitate the birth of a rainbow of colors being carried out in the glass.

The Master Artisans nowadays can, through different techniques, create a crystal clear quality glass that can be easily compared to the fashionable value, eye pleasing and beauty of the semi-precious stones and at the same time being of the highest quality, impossible to imitate outside of the Murano craftsmanship branch.

The Murano jewelries delight from the first moment one lays eyes on them; they please especially towomen who’s delicate soul responds to the ray assortment of colors; as for men, they can easily depend on Murano Glass jewelry to help them express their feelings and make the woman in their life feel appreciated and loved.

The Murano jewelries are available online worldwide through the virtual shop located at: www.alluringcreations.co.za

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Dr. Patricia Furstenberg

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admin posted at 2008-7-27 Category: Murano Glass

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