The art of Murano glass 05:37. Seth Doane has found a true GLASS ACT, just across the water from Venice: The furnaces glow orange and belch heat. And at around 3,000 degrees, something almost ...

Beirut design studio T Sakhi combined Venetian Murano glass with recycled metal threads and powder to create a pair of textured glassware collections. The two tableware collections, titled Tasting ...

By the late 1400s the glass blowers of Murano — named for the island to which they had been ordered because their ovens were a fire hazard among the wooden palaces of Venice — had ...

The Venetian island, famous for its glass, has long been on the wane, but 700 years of expertise is a terrible thing to squander. By Ray Mark Rinaldi This article is part of our Design special ...

Over 300 bowls, vases and glasses of myriad patterns, textures and colors are on display at the new Stanze del Vetro (Glass Rooms) museum on the tiny San Giorgio Maggiore island. September 21, 2012 ...

Of course, like sand, the main component of glass, such expertise was impossible to fully contain. Murano lost its dominance by the 18th century, as countries including France, England and Germany ...

Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a range of glass lights for Swedish heritage brand Svenskt Tenn, marrying together a print by Josef Frank with Venetian glassblowing techniques.

Murano is a city located on the Venetian Lagoon in Italy. The city is known for its glass-making tradition, which goes back to the 13th century. The city is home to several glass museums and ...

To hear Rossi speak about glass is to understand how essential it is to the people of Murano. “When you wipe it with a cloth, it shines anew, even if it’s 30 years old,” he said.