| Murano glass is a bit like champagne in the sense | | | | completely hand made with great attention to |
| that it is a product that is widely used and widely | | | | detail by the greatest craftsmen and jewelers in |
| made, and only used to only be made in one | | | | Italy, and some other countries, but the vast |
| town. In Murano, Italy, during the 13th century | | | | majority of glass makers are based in the home |
| resided the best glass artists in the whole of Italy. | | | | country of the beautifully crafted glass, Italy. |
| These true artisans were the absolute elite in | | | | The process through which Murano glass is |
| creating beautiful glass designs, glass jewelry, etc. | | | | created hasn't changed throughout the centuries. |
| Because Murano was so special and highly | | | | Glass is made out of the finest silica that is |
| regarded even in those times, when the glass | | | | molten and transformed into high quality glass. |
| making techniques slipped out of Murano to | | | | There are different compounds that are being |
| makers from other regions of Italy, the majority | | | | added to the glass to prolong the time the glass |
| of makers decided to respect the craftsmanship | | | | stays molten and malleable, then coloring agents |
| of the jewelers and glass makers, and so they | | | | are added. For example, did you know that for |
| reached a massive consensus to keep the name | | | | that beautiful red color, there are no red coloring |
| Murano as a way of recognizing the designers and | | | | agents added, but a especially created gold |
| inventors of this beautiful art. | | | | solution? Just like this simple fact, all the other |
| Murano glass now comes in an incredibly large | | | | aspects of making Murano are simply spectacular. |
| variety of styles and designs. Besides the well | | | | Each and every piece of jewelry made out of or |
| known multi colored, and enameled, the best glass | | | | with Glass, is absolutely unique, and this is what |
| makers in Italy also designed and created the | | | | gives it the special something. Knowing that the |
| beautiful crystalline, and milk glass, along with | | | | brooch or the earrings you are wearing are |
| maybe the most beautiful and appealing out of all | | | | absolutely unique in the world is simply |
| the styles, the aventurine, which is glass that | | | | extraordinary. Brooches and pendants made out |
| contains designs made with gold threads. The | | | | of Murano have a distinct sense of style to them, |
| process of making Murano glass could never be | | | | and this makes them suitable to be worn with a |
| automated at any level, so all the beautiful | | | | great variety of dressing styles. The quality is not |
| pendants, earrings, rings, and brooches are still | | | | fine, it is impeccable and perfect. |