Visiting the Home of Murano Glass Beads
August 16th, 2006 by MaryBeth
Wanting to celebrate my birthday with a bang, I decided to spend two weeks in Italy this year. Italy is one of my favorite places in the world. With the pasta, wine, people, language, landscape and style how you a girl not love Italy? I had a wonderful trip!
As you may know, I love beading. I especially love beading with Murano glass beads. That said, I decided to visit the island of Murano, home of Murano glass beads. While there I visited a Murano glass factory where Murano glass beads are made.
I learned so much on my trip that I thought I’d write a little about the Murano glass beads I saw:
Murano Glass Lampwork Beads
Most Murano glass beads are made using the lampwork technique. Murano glass wedding cake beads, decorated with glass overlays and Murano glass Venetian foil beads are just two examples of this kind of bead.
Murano Glass Seedbeads or Conterie
Murano glass seedbeads are small, round beads. They are usually used to accent larger Murano glass beads in beading.
Murano Glass Chevron Beads
Murano glass chevron beads are distinguished by a red, white and blue zigzag pattern.
Murano Glass Millefiori Beads
Vibrant and abstract Murano glass millefiori beads (1000 flowers) are arguably the most popular Murano glass beads today. Why? Their beauty of course!
Murano Glass Blown Beads
To produce the strips and spirals of color in these Murano glass beads, glass-makers lay canes of glass down then pick them up with a blow-pipe.
Whatever Murano glass beads are your favorite, I can promise they are ALL beautiful (as is Murano itself)!
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