September in Venice is always a great time as usually the weather is slightly cooler and there are fewer tourist and best of all it is Venice Glass Week. TheVeniceGlassWeek is an international festival dedicated to celebrating, supporting and promoting…
If you have been in Piazza San Marco, you know that the square is lined with shops with incredible pieces of Murano Glass. On the opposite end of the square from the basilica San Marco in the pathway everyone walks…
This year Murano Glass Scenes will be on display in Rome in the Palazzo del Quirinale, one of the official residences of the President of the Republic of Italy. In addition to these beautiful glass scluptures by Matteo Tagliapietra. In addition to…
A few years ago, Cenendese, a very successful Murano Glass furnace created a modern Christmas Tree weighing about 4 tonnes, as part of an art project in Murano which involved the collaboration of several other businesses in Murano. There names…
Workers protesting outside the gates of one of Murano’s premiere glass furnaces. They have been laid off, the company’s future in question. History This is not the first crisis in Murano Antonio Salvati was a lawyer by trade from nearby…
The highlight of everyone’s trip to the island of Murano is a visit to a real glass furnace. They are hot, noisy, busy places with the choreographed dance of the glass workers. But here’s how an abandoned furnace looks, too…
We will be posting insights into Venice, lots and lots of pictures and gossip from around this small historic city. And suggesting ways to spend your precious time here – avoiding the Chinese trinkets and going for the real Murano…