MURANO GLASS

"Totem" sculpture by Badioli 2011

venetian masks

Venetian crystals mask, 2005-12

 

1999-2012

Last update 14 May 2013

Art of Venice is proud to be one of the first websites specifically about Murano, venetian art glass, its people and its heritage.

Classic vases by Davide Fuin

Battuto coldworked vessels by Pietro e Riccardo Ferro

Amazing flame works by Igor Balbi

 

ORIGINAL MURANO GLASS Art of Venice offers contemporary and classic Venetian artistic glass ENTER GALLERY

 

Art of Venice Gallery specializes in artistic Murano fine glass tableware, glasses and goblets, artistic sculptures, ornamental bowls, vessels, paperweights and venetian masks, and has the highest quality at most reasonable prices.

Art of Venice Gallery also offers corporate incentive programs, Venetian Murano ART Glass gift vouchers and wedding favors.

Art of Venice Gallery exhibits Venetian artworks by emerging and established artists, master glassmakers and craftsmen working today: Carlo Tosi Caramea, Stefano Toso, Romano Dona, Aureliano Toso, Afro Celotto, Davide Fuin, Alberto Donà, Igor Balbi, Campagnol e Salvadore, Giuliano Tosi, Seguso, Venini, Barbini, Badioli, Diego Vio, Andrea Naccari, Andrea Zilio, Anfora, Luca Zane, Dei Rossi, Ragazzi, Paolo, Pietro e Riccardo Ferro, Marco Vetri d'arte, Ghisetti, Trevisan and Baroncelli, Futura T&B, Tiozzo, VeniceL Studio, Leonardo Cimolin, Tagliapietra and Barovier, Fragile glass studio.

Secondary market studio glass: William Morris, Joel Phillip Meyers, Marvin Lipofsky, Tapio Wirkkala and others.

Murano art glass is mostly free hand blown therefore no visible seams from molds or moulds are present. Silicate glass is heated in an oven to an amorphous and semi-liquid state. The soft glass can be mixed with different powders, affecting transparency, colors and stiffness. These chemical compounds can be added directly in the oven or during the glassblowing process. The Murano artistic glass maker molds the semi-liquid glass, slowly transforming it to a more solid condition, into all kinds of shapes, from scultural vases to tiny beads, goblets or lamps, and a diversity of multi-dimensional sculptures. Pontil marks (puntello) from crimping tools (taglianti and taioli) and other implements used during the creating process, identifies the item as having been handmade. Tools like borselle, pacioffi and pinze stretch and bend the glass and create scallops and decors, locally named, morise. Controlled bubbles, filigrana or filigree, and millefiori murrini, are internal glass blowing techniques that require more specialized skills.

 

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