Murano Glass Earrings - A Gorgeous Accessory With Centuries of History

Murano glass has been created by the artisans onmakes it a perfect material for earrings. Today
the island of Murano in the Venetian Lagoon forMurano glass earrings are a fashionable and
over five centuries. Characterized by the exquisitesought-after accessory featured in many
shapes, rich colors, and beautiful patterns, it ismagazines, websites and fashion shows. The wide
often viewed as a great artistic alternative tovariety of styles, colors, and shapes makes
precious and semi-precious stones in accessorizingMurano glass earrings a desired part of the overall
oneself and one's home. In fact, even as far backlook for any woman, as they help bring out the
as centuries ago, Murano glass masters learned towoman's eye color, skin tone, and bolster her
create amazing glass imitations of various beautifulsense of uniqueness. One of the most popular and
and rare stones and minerals such as amethyst,unique Murano earring designs is Millefiori (a
amber, topaz, malachite, which were awe-inspiringthousand flowers in Italian), which has become a
and very popular among both Venetian andtrademark of Murano glassmaking. Millefiori
foreign nobility and merchants. However, Muranoearrings with their symmetrical patterns of bright
glass is famous for a lot more reasons than itsflowers are symbolic of the one-of-a-kind nature
fitness for precious stone imitations.of Murano glass products and the hard manual
Over the years Murano glassmaking evolved intowork that goes into creating each one. Millefiori
an art where Venetian artisans had no equals dueearrings work well with a wide variety of outfits
to their talent not only as glassblowers but also asand styles, from casual to business to
tireless researchers and inventors of neweveningwear, and add romantic Venetian flare to
glassmaking techniques. Working with basic glassthe woman's appearance.
furnaces and primitive instruments, MuranoOther signature Murano earring styles include the
artisans discovered methods of creating a wideuse of Avventurina, a sparkling quality that is
range of glass types from clear glass (Cristallo) togiven to the glass by adding tiny particles of 24K
Calcedonio (imitation of Chalcedony mineral) togold to the hot glass mix before it solidifies; gold
Lattimo (milky-white glass) with decorations suchand silver foil, creating a magical shimmer by using
as enamel, filigree, engraving, crackled appearancethe thinnest sheets of 925 silver or 24K gold
(Vetro Ghiacco) and many more ingenious waysunderneath the glass; Calcedonio - a complex
of making glass worthy of royal palaces and themethod of creating opaque glass with uneven
most refined clientele. Most importantly, Venetianpatterns of various colors that looks like
glass creations were never colored or decoratedChalcedony- a semi-precious stone; and many
after they were made. All of the coloring,more unique to Venetian glass-making.
decorating and other work on the glass alwaysOwning a pair of Murano earrings means owning a
occurred during the glass-making process whilepiece of art with centuries of history, a piece of
the glass was hot or when it was cooling downthe enchanted City on the Water, and a beautiful
before going back to the furnace for furtherhand-made creation that no-one else has. With
work. This made Murano glass extremely durabletheir durable colors and patterns, and the precious
and long-lasting with colors that would never fademetals used in creating them, Venetian glass
and patterns that would not change over time,earrings also make a perfect gift to the important
and thus it was one of the most sought-afterwomen in your life that is guaranteed to bring
components of interior décor and jewelrythem many compliments and lift their mood for
for the wealthy and the influential elite of all times.years to come.
It is precisely this quality of Venetian glass that