Mauro Vianello
Mauro Vianello began his work on glass in one of the most renowned Murano glass factories when he was very young. His dear friend Vanni (skillful maker of lighting glass items) taught him the techniques of handcrafting which allowed him to explore his creativity. After having learnt about a peculiar...
Dino Martens
Corrado Martens, known as Dino, was born in Venice in 1894 where he died in 1970. Studies at the Accademia Delle Belle Arti di Venezia. Moves to Murano in the middle ‘20s to become a collaborator and partner at the S.A.L.I.R. As a painter he exhibits at the Biennale from...
Antonio Vaccari s.r.l.
The Vaccari have been active in the production and sale of Venetian pearls since the nineteenth century. The founder Augusto Vaccari exported lampworked glass to the French and English colonies and was the first to make his creations inspired by the golden age of Byzantium famous, even beyond Venice: shiny...
Valter Rossi
"Glass, this magical material that pushes me every day to improve myself to reach a perfection that I will never reach." "The master glassmaker cannot go back: his sign remains indomitable, he is not allowed to make mistakes " island in the Venice lagoon. Valter was born on January 26,...
Andrea Tagliapietra
Simple and sophisticated, with a contemporary design rooted in the ancient art of Murano glassmaking, Andrea Tagliapietra's glass sculptures are a unique emotion. Considered one of Murano's most talented glass masters, Andrea Tagliapietra is known by glass art collectors around the world for being, along with very few other glass...
Pino Signoretto
Pino Signoretto is recognised as the most prominent glass artist and sculptor not only in Murano but also in the world . What seemed and was impossible to achieve for anyone else, Pino has done,demonstrating his skills and strength in manipulating glass that he calls “ the unrivalled master of...
Manaretta or Maneretta
This is a comb-like tool used to obtain surface decorations such as that of a piume (feather) or Fenicio glass.
Regata Storica
Every year the Regata Storica takes place in the Canal Grande the first Sunday of September. The historical regatta takes place primarily along the Grand Canal and is one of the most spectacular, picturesque and moving events of Venetian life. It is an event much appreciated by many tourists, but...
A reborn Museum in Murano
Spaces and exhibition offer doubled, now also temporary exhibitions available The project involved both the historic halls of Palazzo Giustinian (where the Museum is housed from 1861), and an area of the former factory of glass beads adjacent the museum garden. The tale of a great history: the history of...
Enameling on Murano glass
A domain peculiar to Murano is decoration with enameling: of Bizantine origines, developed in Murano during the 13th Century, it then bloomed in the early Renaissance. See how the renowed art of Muranese enameling is performed on glass in this mesmerising video: Pubblicazione di Albertini Spezzamonte .
Murano in space
As you probably know, the Italian astronaut Captain Samantha Cristoforetti is participating in a mission on the International Space Station. On 28 th January she took a wonderful photo of Venice and its lagoon as seen from space. This image - famous all over the world - moved all us...
MuranoNet on TK Magazine
e are so proud to have collaborated with the gorgeous TK - Tasting Kitchen magazine based in Hong Kong! Read the interview to the maestro Igor Balbi by Jessie Tirsch and see some beautiful artworks in Murano glass. All the products on those pages are available on muranonet.com . Click...
Bruno Bischofberger's Art Collection
Finnish vases are the passion of great art dealer Bruno Bischofberger who’s showcasing his rich collection from this April in Venice. It is know as one of the greatest art dealers of the twentieth Century, the man who’s brought Andy Warhol and Basquiat in Europe and represented David Salle and...
Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel
Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel The palace was erected between 1473 and 1479 for Nicolò Soranzo with material recovered from an ancient palace of the Gradenigo. Particular glimpses of the adjacent church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli and the coincidence of the construction period make it probable that Nicolò Soranzo will...
The Glass Industry in Venice Carves Space for the next generation
The Glass Industry in Venice Carves Space for the next generation The first time Thomas Stearns attempted to have his glass vessels made, he was unceremoniously thrown out of the Venetian studio by an enraged and insulted master. Ignoring the traditional craft’sprescription for symmetry and balance, his soulful, organic vessels...
Visiting Venice in quite an original way
“At the end of January 1980, on the streets of Paris, I followed a man whom I lost sight of a few minutes later in the crowd. That very evening, quite by chance, he was introduced to me at an opening. During the course of our conversation, he told me...
Coffee, tea, chocolate: the best places in Venice
If you say Venice and cafè in the same sentence, chances are the next word you’re thinking of is Florian. Or even Quadri. The two cafès, sitting one facing the other in Piazza San Marco, are like institutions that have been attracting Venetians and visitors for centuries. Not sure about...
How to Build Long-Term Customer Loyalty with Gift-Giving
Loyalty is a process, not a product Are you planning to strengthen your relationship with your customers? If so, by reading this article we willl try to help you find some tricks to better reach your goals. A common mistake is to believe that by giving presents to your prospects...
How to Strengthen Important Relationships with Corporate Gifts
When talking about corporate gifts our mind immediately goes to an object to purchase. We suggest you to adopt a tactical approach when planning a retention marketing strategy. Here’s some ideas that might tickle your curiosity and help you optimize your corporate gifts budget. Embrace the H2H marketing philosophy We...
How to communicate the spirit of your company with Corporate Gifts
Offering a quality workspace or giving monetary incentives is not enough: to keep close to you your best collaborators, a concrete possibility is to offer small corporates gifts as a recognition. In the management of workgroups, managers are often exposed to high stressful situations. For this reason, many companies offer...
Unique Wedding Gifts ideas that fits with all budgets
Certainly that be invited to a wedding is a great honor. The idea of having fun, dress up, eat well and dance is always seducing meanwhile when it comes to the wedding gift the age-old question: What should I give appears inevitably with a lots of doubts The first thing...
The Murano Glass Aquarium World
Have you ever wanted an aquarium, with lots of tropical fishes in your livingroom? Just to adorn a corner of the room, reproducing a small piece of nature on a fine piece of forniture.Well, having an aquarium in your own home is a symbol of good taste and elegance. But,...
Service of authentification at the muranoglass.com
Our site exists since 1997. In all these years we have been contacted by hundreds of users from all over the world who wanted to have our opinion on the authenticity of all kinds of glass objects. Sometimes they had inherited them, sometimes they were considering whether to buy them,...
What is Murano? The Complete Guide to Murano Glass
The 10 things you should know before buying a Murano glass artwork Murano glass is famous all over the world for its beauty and uniqueness . It’s got an ancient heritage and it comes only from Murano island and Venice . Even if imitation can be considered as a form...
3 SIMPLES SECRETS TO MEMORABLE WEDDING FAVORS
A Favor is an expression of love. Is the best way to demonstrate your guest how much you appreciate being with you. Don’t leave it at the end in the ‘To do List. 1. Be practical Leave out all the useless wedding favors. Free your guest to the guilty of...
Murano vs Chinese glass - the true story
Today we are led to think that Chinese glass production is limited to approximate copies of Occidental art glass. The truth is that artistic glass has been worked in China long before Western influences arrived. The beads, amulets and funeral ornaments produced in the ancient Cina shows that the glass...
Murrine from Murano and the "EGE" Call
Dear friends, this week we would like to inform you about EGE - European Glass Experience, a call for artists living in the European Union that are older than 40. Until 31st December 2013 The EGE project intends to promote the common European heritage through glass artworks. Three exhibitions will...
The Santillanas - works by Laura & Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
If you are in Venice be sure not to miss the exhibition "The Santillanas - Works by Laura de Santillana & Alessandro Diaz de Santillana", on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, opened until August 3rd, 2014 every day, except Wednesdays. Admission is free. The exhibition - promoted by Le...
An incredible project to save a centenarian Chandelier
It's done. In Murano the restoration of the precious glass chandelier - that in 2012 suffered the damage of the earthquake in Emilia Romagna - has been completed. 4 meters tall, 3 meters wide at the base, this glittering giant consists of 1182 pieces, half of which were destroyed in...
Festa del Redentore
One of the most popular festivals in Venice since 1577 The Festa del Redentore is a popular festival held in Venice every third Saturday of July. It combines a religious theme with a spectacular firework display: the St. Mark's basin hosts a firework display that lights up the roofs, domes...
Santas Regatta
Regatta of Santas in Venice on 21th December 2014. Last Sunday we had in Venice the traditional Christmas regatta: forty boats in the waters of the Canal Grande and two hundred rowers, brightened the day of tourists and residents. The initiative has been organised by all the Venetian rowing Clubs....
It's the Most wonderful time of the year
To celebrate the festive season, we have created a playlist of songs. So, stop dashing around and start by pouring yourself some fine Italian wine in a Murano glass ( here our recommendations ). And don’t forget candlelights ( see here a nice selection of candle holders ). Christmas is...
The Befane regatta in Venice
On the 6th January of every year - for the Three Kings celebration - in Venice there's the traditional "Regata delle Befane" (Befanas regatta). Members of the various rowing clubs dress up as witches, load their brooms on the boats and the rowing race starts. From the Rialto Bridge a...
Epiphany Day celebrations in Italian and Venetian folklore
Epiphany Eve is an important day for kids and adults in Italy. In the Venetian folklore we have some special ways to celebrate it. It’s an important day for Venetians: it’s Epiphany day and it marks the end of the Holiday Season. In fact there’s a saying: “Epiphany Day brings...
In Glass We Trust
We have recently met again Igor Balbi and had a few words with the maestro about his new project: a contemporary art glass exhibition. Here's what we have learned. In Glass we trust is a scream, a manifesto against the recent drifts that are carrying outside Murano and Venice glass...
Venice loves Jazz music
"Maree Sonore" is an internationally renowned event organized by the cultural association "The Sestiere of Music" under artistic direction of Arrigo Cappelletti in collaboration with Veneto Jazz. Maree Sonore is a music festival open to classical and avant-garde jazz but also to contaminations between jazz and other music genres. This...
"Glass delights": at the Museum of Oriental arts, the artworks by Enami and Konishi
Sweets, fruits and tea rituals: the exhibition of Japanese glass artists Enami and Konishi arrives in Venice. It started on 19th September at Ca ' Pesaro-Museo d'Arte Orientale in Venice : until November 29th it will be possible to admire the glass works of Japanese artists Fujiko Enami and Ushio...
Fulvio Bianconi for Venini at Le stanze del vetro
Fulvio Bianconi is the new featured artist of Le Stanze del Vetro on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, famous for its neo-classical basilica, the beautiful view of San Marco, and for being home of the Giorgio Cini Foundation and its glass exhibitions. From September 13th, 2015 to January 10th,...
Fulvio Bianconi at Venini
Author: Marino Barovier, Carlo Scarpa Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: Skira (October 25, 2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 8857230082 The refined output of vases, bowls, and animals by the great graphic artist Fulvio Bianconi, illustrator, and designer for the long-standing Venetian glasshouse.
We have visited "Glass Delights": see the photos
What's happening when two Japanese artists - Fujiko Enami and Ushio Konishi - meet Murano glass? Something very magical indeed. In 1542, on the tiny island of Tanegashima in southern Japan, arrived a Portuguese ship that had suffered shipwreck. For the West, this was the real discovery of Cipango...
Venice Fashion Night 2015
Saturday, October 24 Venice becomes the capital of fashion with the Venice Fashion Night. A night where fashion is protagonist with events, photo shooting sessions, limited edition collections: live on Instagram. The purpose? Promoting Venetian creativity and products made in the Veneto region, with stylists, designers, bloggers, and instagramers. Photo...
Carlo Nason artworks at Triennale Design Museum
Triennale Design Museum presents a selection of glass artworks by Carlo Nason. Born in Murano in 1935, Nason comes from one of the oldest family of glassmakers on the island. Grown by attending the masters who worked in the family furnace, he’s immediately intuited and investigated the potential of...
“A Lume” glass by Mauro Vianello
Murano glass Museum 25th June – 23rd October The lampwork technique is an ancient Muranese art that, as of today, has achieved a unique and universally recognized technical excellence. The importance of this particular process is the subject of a technological and teaching lesson at the Murano glass Museum: it...
Venice seen from space
Venice and its channels seen from above the sky, but also Italy at night. Deserts, auroras, starry skies and thunderstorms. Staying on the ISS allows to enjoy some of the best views ever admired by man. Everything seems fickle, inconsistent, and at the same time irresistibly wonderful. These are just...
Murano Glass on show in Berlin
Sand and fire. Color hues and magic. The Bröhan Museum in Berlin, located in the Charlottenburg district, pays tribute to Murano - the island of glass blowing - by hosting an exhibition entitled " Colori di Murano ". The exhibition, started on July 14th, will be open to the public...
Murano Glass conquers Munich
The German town is home to a fascinating exhibition that focuses on glass art, with works coming from one of the most important private collections in the world. Undisputed capital cities of creativity, Milano and Venice have been able to distinguish themselves during the 20th Century even thanks to another...
Murano Glass Nativity
Until January 18th 2017 18 Murano glass masters have created glass cribs to celebrate Christmas. During the Holiday Season, along the Christmas Tree you’ll find a Nativity scene – presepio - in every Italian house. The first nativity scene was created by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1223, after visiting...
What is Light good for?
Murano glass is a protagonist during Venice Carnival! From 3pm to 5pm on Saturday 18th and Tuesday 21st February, glass masters of Signoretto Lampadari glass studio will create - in front of the audience - some projects designed by students of the Venice Arts Accademy . All of this will...
The Bocolo (Rosebud) Legend
April 25 th is an important day for Italy. It is in fact Liberation Day, the day in which the Nation celebrates the end of the Italian Civil War, the end of Nazi occupation thanks to the Italian resistance and the Allies, and the end of Fascism. It represents the...
Maurice Marinot Exhibition
This spring the exhibition in the museum Le Stanze del Vetro in Venice is dedicated to one of the great masters of the glass: Maurice Marinot. The show call "Glass 1911-1934" is curated by Jean-Luc Olivié, of the Musée des art décoratifs, and Cristina Beltrami. The show starts on March...
Lupin III at the Palazzo Ducale
Lupin III is back at Palazzo Ducale. Yes, but this time it's a joke, and not a band like the Serbo-Croatian band that stole the jewels of the maraja last year. Emanuele Sari, a forty-two year old Venetian mosaicist, brought his works dedicated to Lupin III to the Ducale. The...
Thomas Stearns alla Venini
The autumn exhibition 2019 of Le Stanze del Vetro will be dedicated to Thomas Stearns who arrived in Murano in 1960, and his collaboration with the Venini glassworks: the search for documents and works began in view of the exhibition and the realization of the reasoned catalog. Thomas Stearns produced...
Tapio Wirkkala at the Glass Museum
From 7 May to 29 September 2019 Murano and contemporary Exhibition of TAPIO WIRKKALA in the Glass Museum in Murano, Venezia. Tapio Wirkkala (1915- 1985) was one of the great names of the golden age of design in Finland. He mastered many materials and elements both as a sculptor and...
The Collection Barry Friedman at Glass Museum
An exhibition brings the collection of Barry Friedman from New York to the Museum of Glass in Murano, an art enthusiast who donated his collection to The Venitian Heritage - New York in 2017, which in turn brought it permanently to the Glass Museum of Murano is thus enriched by...
Thomas Stearns at Venini: 1960–1962
Author: Thomas Stearns, Marina Barovier Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Skira (November 26, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 8857241009 American artist Thomas Stearns (1936–2006) collaborated with the legendary Venini glassworks as a guest designer between 1960 and 1962. Stearns was the first American to design for Venini; he won a Fulbright Travel...
Paolo Venini and His Furnace
Author: Marino Barovier, Carla Sonego Hardcover: 532 pages Publisher: Skira (September 26, 2017) Language: English ISBN-10: 8857233545 ISBN-13: 978-8857233543 In-depth research based mainly on the unpublished materials coming from the Venini Historical Archive. The protagonist of Murano glass in the twentieth-century, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), with his passionate activity spanning almost...
Vittorio Zecchin: Transparent Glass for Cappellin and Venini
Author: Marino Barovier, Carlo Scarpa, Vittorio Zecchin Hardcover: 472 pages Publisher: Skira (August 28, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 8857237125 ISBN-13: 978-8857237121 A Murano artist and painter interested in the decorative arts, and particularly in glass, Vittorio Zecchin (1878–1947), from 1921 to 1925 and in accordance with a practice not seen...
A Passion for Glass: The Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole Private Collection
Author: Rose Watban Hardcover: 300 pages Publisher: National Museums Of Scotland (August 15, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 1905267835 ISBN-13: 978-1905267835 Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.3 x 8.9 inches Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole began collecting in the late 1970s and over the subsequent thirty years assembled on the most...
Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect
Author: Marino Barovier, Carlo Scarpa Hardcover: 340 pages Publisher: Skira (April 1, 1999) Language: English ISBN-10: 888118382X ISBN-13: 978-8881183821 Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 1.3 x 11.2 inches The celebrated Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa viewed glass as raw material for experimentation and research, and was challenged by this vastly suggestive age-old...
International New Glass
Author: Dan Klein, Attila Dorigato Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Arsenale Editrice (July 8, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 8877431725 ISBN-13: 978-8877431721 Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 1.1 x 12.5 inches Buy on: Ebay
Venini: Murano 1921
Author: Giuliana Duplani Tucci Hardcover: 222 pages Publisher: Franco Maria Ricci (1989) Language: Italian ASIN: B00AR04VJE Buy on: Ebay
The History of Glass
Author: Dan Klein (Editor), Ward Lloyd (Editor), Robert Charleston (Foreword) Hardcover Publisher: Black Cat; English Language edition (1991) ISBN-10: 0748102469ISBN-13: 978-0748102464
Venini - Catalogue Raisonne 1921-1986
Author: Anna Venini Diaz De Santillana Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Skira; 1st edition (June 1, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 8881186519 Venini. Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986 offers an in-depth account of the involving company history of the glassworks set up by Paolo Venini in 1921 and carried forward by members of the...
Comprenhensive guide to the island of Murano
Author: Michela Scibilia Editor: VenicePhotoBooks (18 aprile 2019) Language: Inglese ISBN-10: 8885587038 ISBN-13: 978-8885587038Buy on: Ebay
The M.V.M. Cappellin Glassworks and the Young Carlo Scarpa: 1925-1931
Author: Carla Sonego, Carlo Scarpa Hardcover: 560 pages Publisher: Skira (February 19, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 885723925X ISBN-13: 978-8857239255 Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 3 x 12 inches A new publication in the series Le Stanze del Vetro , a project for the study and enhancement of Venetian glassmaking in the...
Italian Glass: Murano Milan 1930-1970
Author: Helmut Ricke, Eva Schmitt Hardcover ISBN-13: 3791317369 The Collection of the Steinberg Foundation A fundamental re-appraisal of Italian glass - largely synonymous with glass from Murano - has been made in recent years. The mass of technically perfect, colourful knick-knacks and "ornamental glass" objects which flooded the market over...
Venice: 3 Visions in Glass
Cristiano Bianchin , Yoichi Ohira , Laura de Santillana by Attila Dorigato (2009-10-01) Hardcover – 1800 Publisher : Barry Friedman; First Edition (October 1, 2009) Language : English Hardcover : 468 pages ISBN-10 : 3897903032 ISBN-13 : 978-3897903036 Item Weight...
Vetri del settecento e dell'ottocento
(Italian) Hardcover – January 1, 1985 by DORIGATO Attila - (Author) Hardcover Publisher: Novara, De (January 1, 1985) Language: Italian ASIN: B00EO7MEDG Buy it on: Ebay
Vetri Veneziani: Ohira
Paperback – July 31, 2006 by Attalia Dorigato (Author) Paperback: 79 pages Publisher: Arsenale Editrice; First Edition edition (July 31, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 8877431911 ISBN-13: 978-8877431912 Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 0.3 x 9.4 inches Buy it on: ebay.com
The History of Glass December 1989
Author: Dan Klein, Ward Lloyd Hardcover: 287 pages Publisher: Crescent (December 12, 1989) Language: English ISBN-10: 0517689103 ISBN-13: 978-0748102464 Buy on: Ebay
Avventurine - Massimo Nordio
Author: Attila Dorigato Paperback: 80 pages Publisher: Arsenale Editrice (July 26, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 8877432586 ISBN-13: 978-8877432582 Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 0.4 x 9.6 inches Over the last few years, glass designer and collector Massimo Nordio 's attention has gradually turned almost exclusively to a historically fascinating type of...
Murano Glass Museum
Author: Attila Dorigato Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: Edizioni Electa (December 1986) Language: English ISBN-10: 8843520431 ISBN-13: 978-8843520435 Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.3 x 9.4 inches Buy on: Ebay
Murano: Island of Glass
Author: Attila Dorigato Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Arsenale Editrice; 2 edition (May 16, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 8877433868 ISBN-13: 978-8877433862 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 1 x 11.1 inches Buy on: Ebay Amazon
The Colours of Murano in the XIX Century
Author: Reino Lie Bova, Aldo, Rossella Junck, Puccio Migliaccio (ed.); Attilia Dorigato Paperback Publisher: Arsenale + Junck / Antiques collectors' Club, Venezia (1999) ASIN: B001T657TI Buy on: Ebay
Les vitraux de François Décorchemont
Harvey K. Littleton: A Life in Glass: Founder of America's Studio Glass
* Item Weight : 2.37 pounds * ISBN-13 : 978-0847838189 * Hardcover : 208 pages * ISBN-10 : 0847838188 * Product Dimensions : 8.31 x 0.95 x 10.35 inches * Publisher : Skira Rizzoli; First Edition (February 14, 2012) * Language: : English The son of a Corning Glass Works...