Traditions Murano Glass, an Ancient Art Revived A new generation of artisans is adding to the long history of the Italian craft, known for its strange shapes, odd colors and secretive techniques.

"Murano was an industrial settlement," Seguso explained. The city of Venice was mostly made from wood, and Venetian glass factories regularly caught fire, he said.

"In Murano we are born near the ovens," master glass-maker Simone Cenedese told Sunday Morning correspondent Allen Pizzey. "It's a thing that comes to you like speaking and writing and walking ...

Roberto Beltrami is the founder of Wave Murano Glass, which is employing a new generation of glassmakers on an island where the art form has been practiced for more than 700 years.

The gas-fueled blazes needed to produce Murano’s famous creations have become a luxury the glassmakers can scarcely afford.

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An unassuming vase picked up at a Virginia Goodwill store for $3.99 turned out to be an ultra-rare piece of Murano glass which sold at auction for $107,100 — nearly $50k more than the auction… ...

Their centuries-old workshops sell intricate curlicues of glass fantasy to the smartest shops in the world. But now the winds of crisis howling through the world are rattling the doors of the ...

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 ...