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Murano Glass Beads – 101 on the History of Blown Glass Beads From Murano Italy

Jessica loves the art of Murano glass. She wants to share this love with all of the people around the world.

Are you interested in Murano glass beads? In this article I am going to give you the 101 on the history of blown glass beads

from Murano Italy. There are many people that do not know the history of Murano glass beads. They just think that they are

pretty and fun to collect. Now let us talk about the history of blown glass beads from Murano Italy.

Creation Process

The creation process is extremely interesting to me. I have seen glass makers at the flea market blow glass but it’s just not

the same as the glass makers of Murano. First of all the maker will dip a small rough globe of molten glass into various

recipients that hold molten glass of various colors. The original globe will then begin to grow in size. After there is a

design created that is multi colored then the globe is placed in the mold. After this they will then dip the beads into

transparent molten glass. The reason that they do this is to make sure that they are shiny because otherwise they will have

an embossed finished.

The Beginning Of The Beads

Even though the beads are called Murano, they originally started out in Venice. Venice is only about 20 minutes away from

Murano. The reason that they moved the glass makers is because they thought the glass making was dangerous around all of the

wooden houses. Almost the whole city of Venice was wooden so you can see why they may want to move the danger away. All in

all these beads are beautiful and they are filled with history.

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