Murano glass

Well, this type of crystal is famous, isn't it? We have all heard of it but the truth is that few of us really know what it is like and its history. Well, I tell you that it is Italian since it comes from a small island of Venice, with the same name and at the same time the center of the industrial activity of glass for centuries.

El murano glass It is a glass that is blown and those who make it are true artisans because they not only blow glass but also create great works of art that can take various forms: figures, vases, bottles, ashtrays, jewelry or lamps. Well, the glass has been made in Venice since the XNUMXth century and the oldest Murano glass that is known is from the XNUMXth century.

The Venetians of Murana were acquiring their own art when blowing glass and endowed it with certain characteristics: a glass filigree produced by new techniques produced a wonderful lace effect, for example, and thus glassblowers from all over Europe always tried to emulate them. Over time the Italian influence faded as new glassmaking techniques emerged in England and Germany, but the prestige and beauty of Murano glass has survived to this day. Did you know that glassblowers inhale poisonous gases and that is why they do not work for more than 25 years?