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Exhibition "Murano 1797-1859" at Glass Museum Murano
Saturday, 27 December 2008
       Works not seen it, cataloged and stored in warehouses, which are finally breathing in Glass Museum of Murano. Since last December 6, you can admire in two rooms of the exhibition objects "Ritrovare il Museo (Finding the Museum): Murano 1797-1859", which falls in the series of exhibitions dedicated to the rediscovery and promotion nuclei of collections, not normally exposed to the public but of particular The importance and significance.
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Dynamei, glass that has no time
Friday, 12 December 2008
New work by Michela Vianello
Venice
The line of moments, representation and the essence of time is transformed into fire, sand, glass. This is Dynamei, the new work of the artist Michela Vianello, presented in world premiere in the furnace Andromeda, Gianluca Vecchi, with a performance (by Pantakin), which are intertwined music, the word recited, handling.
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Murano, 600 workers in about 800 layoffs
Monday, 08 December 2008
A crisis that is deteriorating day by day. The District of Murano glass in danger of collapse, slow and inexorable. One doomsday scenario by contours, as described yesterday by David Camuccio, Secretary of Filcem-Cgil, during the general meeting which saw workers glass cross arms from 10 to 12. "From a calculation now spans there are 300 workers in cassaintegrazione out of a total of about 800 - said Camuccio - from January expect that number to rise to 600.
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Christmas of Glass
Monday, 08 December 2008

A constellation of events to introduce you to Murano

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Discover a sparkling Christmas!

The 2008 edition of Natale di Vetro (Christmas In Glass) offers you the chance to enjoy a December rich in art and culture. Take a stroll through a festive Murano where splendid glass sculptures will be on display in the most picturesque locations, visit exhibitions, be a spectator
of the traditional Glassworks Regatta, or give your children the chance to try the thrill of glass making. The main routes around the island will be illuminated with Led spheres: a new, creative and ecological way to conceive traditional Christmas decorations.


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The glass art market and the economic crisis, the case Andromeda
Friday, 05 December 2008
Andromeda opens in the U.S. and in London

In Murano there is also those who go against the crisis. The Andromeda glassware, for example, announced a dismay that leaves the company closed 2008 with a 34 per cent more than in 2007, and to manage the growth in orders last month took a new teacher and two servers.
Moreover, has just opened an office in the United States and to open one in London in February.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT MURANO GLASS
Sunday, 21 September 2008
murano glass forum

Since Venixe try to give advise about products, many people ask us about they glass goods:
Is my glass original from Murano? what's the value of my vases, my chandelier or my sculpture?
We open a dedicated forum to give a better way to answer to all your questions about the original Murano Glass.
We want to discuss with all the community about all this kind of argoments, issue, feedbacks:

 
Earth and Fire - Murano Glass Masters exhibition in Tuscany
Monday, 02 April 2007

photo of Murano glass art
Comune di Massa Marittima - Grosseto - Tuscany Italy.
Museum di Arte Sacra 17 December 2006 - 30 September 2007.
An encounter between two artistic and historic site, Venice-Murano and Massa Marittima.
The Murano Glass Masters exhibition bears testament to the millennial art of glass making and to the splendour of Venice in the small Tuscan city which we belive to be a worthy setting for such an event.
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Design a glass - "Disegna un vetro"
Wednesday, 27 December 2006

 art show museo del vetro murano

 

Gallery Art show of glass objects realized by the glass Masters of Murano on the drawings designed by the students of the medium school Vivarini di Murano.
The show is open form the 17th December until the 7th January 2007 in "Museo del Vetro di Murano ".  Free entry.  powered by "Museo del Vetro Murano", "Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti", "Municipalità di Venezia - Murano".
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Media corner
Monday, 13 November 2006

        

A video description of a glass working fase in Filigrana technic

The filigrana is made by posing togheter canes of different color glass

 



Glass Master working on a glass horse. Watch it!

 

 

 

Due to the high demand about a video of the biggest

Christmas Tree in glass blown in Murano ( more info )

Venixe made this sample video for all the Murano glass funs that they can not come to visit it in the square, until 6 January 2007.

The video has been taken in Campo Santo Stefano in the surrealistic island of Murano, near Venice.   

 

 

 

A great video of the lagoon of Venice:

Murano island  is part and very near to the beautiful Venice , from centruries the venitian tradet the glass blown in Murano .
Originally the glass factories (fornace) was situated in Venice.

In the 1291 year, the old venitian republic decided that all the factories must be moved from Venice to Murano because of the many dangerous open fired. 

 

 





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Friday, 10 November 2006

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The biggest Christmas Tree in glass blown has been made in Murano
Monday, 09 August 2004
     The Biggest glass christman tree i Murano Island
Venice, 8 th DICEMBER 2006- high eight and half meters, for three meters of diameter and a weight of three tons, is the Christmas Tree made in glass blown more big and large ever made before. The tree was prepared in Murano by the glass Masters, realized with thousand tubes in glass and 2000 metallic batons, made by the old tradition of the island - It has be inaugurated today to the presence of many onlookers, with the famouse Antonella Mosetti to make the presentation showr. The Christmas tree will stay illuminated with its 40 lights, from today until end of summer.
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