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your help The history of Venice as a center of glassmaking is a particularly rich one Since the 15th century all over the world the name of the island of Murano has been virtually synonymous with the creation of the finest and most elegant glass The origins of glassmaking in the Venetian lagoon date back much further their roots lying in the Roman manufacturing tradition on the nearby mainland The first archaeological evidence of the production of glass in the lagoon comes from the island of Torcello and dates from the 7th century documents in which glassmakers are mentioned occur from the late10th century onwards The industry expanded considerably after the Sack of Constantinople 1203 4 an event that had a tremendous impact on Venice both technical and economic Sophisticated glass techniques such as enameling were brought in from the east at that time but the Sack of Constantinople also brought Venice absolute dominance of the trade in luxury goods around the whole Mediterranean From an early date the Republic organized its glass trade and industry in a conscious effort to achieve a worldwide monopoly Glassmakers were already subject to some rules in the 12th century The famous Capitulare de Fiolaris dating from 1271 is the first statute of the glassmaker's art containing rules and regulations for all people involved in glassmaking including the furnace owners and the youngest apprentices who were by the all organized in a guild of glassmakers The "Capitulares" was regularly amended until the last version was issued in 1776 Avventurina Glass of a yellow-brownish color translucid in which copper metal microcrystals are dispersed to reflect a gold color formed by devetrification separation from the molten mass during the cooling step It is prepared by melting the mixture of transparent corlorless glass with the addition of cuprous oxide and iron and lead oxides Melting takes place in a reducing chamber and the molten mass should be cooled very slowly Traditionally to obtain the best quality once the mass is molten the oven is switched off and left to cool on its own for several days Once room temperature is reached the crucible is smashed and the avventurina is found under a layer of colorless oxidized glass Calcedonio Calcedonio Glass with multicolored hues translucid with opaque veins obtained by adding to the molten mass say colorless transparent glass a pigmented mixture based on different oxides generally copper iron cobalt and tin and metallic silver that also contains a reducing component carbon or whatever ; the mixture is partially blended with the molten mass and the whole is then mixed after some time The coloring effect is given both by the dissolution of the metallic oxides in the glass and by the formation of small colloidal particles of metallic silver and copper smaller than the micro crystals Canna One of the fundamental process of Muranese glassworks A very large number of types of applications can be found for this both functional and decorative The extreme viscosity of the molten glass allows it to be drawn out a certain temperature starting from the end of the blower's pipe in long narrows pipes When al layer of colored glass is superimposed over a base of opaque glass it is possible to obtain numberless variants of color and thickness in relation to how the molten glass is drawn out Suitably heated rods are used in decorations of vases and figures All Murano glass factories have always used them extensively with artistic results Corroso Glass whose surface is irregular to the touch due to the use of chemical agents Technically an "acid" process is caused by the corrosion of the surface of the glass that determines the disgregation of the glass lattice with the formation of a rough layer on the surface This non-uniform layer causes an effect of partial diffusion and reflection of light For its execution solutions of hydrofluoric acid and ammonium fluoride in water are commonly used By varying temperature time in the bath and composition of the same it is possible to obtain very varied effects The parts of the glass surface to be kept bright are coated with wax or some other organic protective agent Fenicio Decoration obtained by applying threads of lattimo glass or vitreous paste round the body of the item in a festoon-like wavy pattern obtained by means of a kind of metal comb called "maneretta" passed uniformly over the surface This technique goes back to the ancient Egyptians and the Phoenicians to decorate flacons and ampoules Filigrana One of the oldest traditional processes already in use in the XVI century It is done by applying under heat on the surface of an item a homogeneous series of transparent colorless glass rods with the core of colored glass The rods are previously arranged on a metal plate they are heated to the melting point and a cylindrical item is then made to roll over them so that they adhere to it The item is then finished as desired Incamiciato This is a glass consisting of two superimposed layers of lattimo glass and of colored transparent glass on occasion with the submersion of gold and silver leaf so as to obtain an opaque effect This is a much simpler execution than that of vitreous paste that involves more complex technical problems and began to be used during the 20s at almost all the most important factories in Murano Incalmo This is an ancient glass-making technique to make objects consisting of distinct parts joined under heat Two or more elements of different colors are prepared by modeling them into the overall shape They are then joined together very accurately and finished as desired Lattimo This is a white milky-like glass in which the opacity is provided by the presence of micro crystals dispersed in the in the matrix separated out when the molten glass is cooled down The microcrystals do not absorb the light beams but reflect them and thus determine both the opacity and the white coloring In the Murano area they consist of calcium and sodium fluorides and they are obtained by adding fluorine compounds such as cryolite or fluorine spar as well as zinc oxide and alumina to the glassy mixture The lattimo was introduced in the XVI century for items decorated with multicolored enamels especially refined and rare It was later used as a complement to other types of process such as the "reticello " It fell into disuse in the early Novecento but it was given a new lease on life in the late 20s on the part of the better names of Murano glass factories such as Barovier & C Venini & C and MVM Cappellin & C The latter was the first to use it without the addition of other colors for a series of geometric vases exhibited at the 1927 Intentional Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Monza Later during the 50s lattimo glass was adopted by almost all the glass furnaces on the island and attained excellent results in figures as well as was the case of the famous "Commedia dell'Arte" figures by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini & C Massello Full not blown glass processed under heat by modeling a block of glassy mass applied over the tip of a metal rod This process appears in Murano for the first time in the late 20s on the part of Flavio Poli at the IVAM furnace of Libero Vitali's where he designed the first figures in full or "massello" glass Mosaico This kind of glass is obtained melting glass pipes canna of different color: a set of pipes is prepared on a metal plate according to a given design heating them up they melt each other The result is a multicolored plate that can be used for different complemets Murrina This is one of the oldest processes known to man the first examples go back to Roman times Items made in this way were already existed in the XVI century Making a murrina consists essentially in preparing a sheaf of multicolored glass rods arranged so that its cross-section is according to a predetermined design It is then heated and when the melting point is reached it is drawn out until the de-sired diameter is obtained After cooling the rod obtained in this way is cut up into small disks of variable thickness ranging from just a few millimeters to a couple of centimeters whose section has the previously made design They are now ready to be used in several ways Their use in the production of several kinds of objects is done in two different ways: The first consists in preparing on a metal plate a set of murrine according to a given design heating them up and then making them adhere by rotation on the surface of an item with a cylindrical shape still connected to the blower's pipe After this the item is finished as usual on occasion coating it with a layer of transparent colorless glass The second more suitable for the execution of dishes and bowls has the murrine arranged inside a die in refractory material trying to fill in the empty spaces with glass powder so as to get a homogeneous mass The whole is then heated as appropriate so that the murrine are welded together to form a single object After cooling it is finished with the grinding wheel to remove any irregularities that may be due to heating process Pasta vitrea This is a colored opaque glass whose preparation is based on the same principle as the lattimo glass In this case however white microcrystals are dispersed in a colored vitreous phase Others differently are obtained with colored micro-crystals dispersed in either a colorless or a colored vitreous phase In the first case lattimo is used microcrystals of calcium and sodium fluoride or white enamel amore intense white completely opaque even in a thin layer generally obtained with micro-crystals of arsenic and lead dispersed in a transparent colored glass The white microcrystals in addition to making the glass opaque soften the color of the glass in which they are inserted that must contain a high percentage of coloring agents In the second case "cores" are used: these are semi-finished crystalline structures based on lead antimonate or stannate that are yellow or red These are added to the molten mass just before processing because they are compounds that dissolve easily Pezzato lavorazione a tessere This glass is like a patchwork with elements of different colors and is obtained as follows: on a metal plate a series of segments of flat rods according to a given design are arranged The plate is heated to take the segments back up to the melting point: at this stage the set of molten fragments is made adhere by rotation to the outer surface of the vase still on the tip of the blower's pipe After the pieces have been joined together they are finished by appropriate smoothing over and modeling Pulegoso Glass with a spongy appearance with a great many air bubbles to the point that it is almost opaque The homogeneous and refined molten mass with no air bubbles or impurities is vigorously mixed in with salts generally sodium carbonate or bicarbonate that decompose due to the heat and liberate gases carbon dioxide dispersed in the form of bubbles of varying diameters Reticello This is a variant of the "filigrana" already known in Murano in the XVI It is obtained by joining two conical vases under heat covered externally with thin colored rods one arranged clockwise and the other anticlockwise A network is thus formed with a rhomboid-like mesh The rods with different thickness within each quadrangle cause the characteristic air bubble Sabbiatura This is a process to get the same results as the "acid" process without however the latter's negative aspects linked with the use of toxic substances Sand or alumina powder is sprayed onto the glassware with a compressed air device The impact of the granules on the surface causes microfractures that make it opaque Sanding is marked to a greater or lesser extent by an appropriate adjustment of both air pressure and granule size Used mostly on flat panes this technique has also found application in the preparation of some drawings by masking some of its parts Scavo This is a glass that imitates the effect caused by long periods spent underground typical of glass objects found during archaeological diggings During manufacture a mixture of several powders is dispersed on the surface of the object at a temperature of about 800 C These adhere irreversibly and give the special effect of opaqueness and coloring To improve adhesion the piece is heated again The powder mixture contains melting components carbonates or nitrates that decompose under heat and act as binders; inert opaqueness talcum silica etc other coloring agents This technique was introduced in the early 50s Siderale This is a glass invented in the early 50s The procedure for its preparation was as follows: a large concentric-ring murrina was made with two alternating colors; it was then heated again and applied while hot to the item being processed After a first finishing step and after cooling the item still with an irregular shape was modeled and polished at the grinding wheel with an extremely long and delicate operation With this complex and laborious technique a limited number of items was made very rare and refined that for their essential shape and decor represent the very best Muranese production with a level of quality that compares well with that of northern Europe Smalti enamels Enamels wide spread in Murano since ancient time While up to the mid-nineteenth century every craftsman made his own on the basis of very particular and jealously kept recipes it later became fashionable to adopt vitreous enamels produced on an industrial scale They must have the following features: applied cold to the item during manufacture they must fuse at a temperature lower than that of the glass their colors should not fade at high temperatures and they should Ave a coefficient of expansion as close as possible to that of glass to prevent breakages during the cooling stage Once the decoration is finished the item is placed in a small "muffola" oven where it reaches a temperature of some 550 600 C to allow the enamel to fuse without deforming the item In the Novecento this technique was used to make copies of ancient models but a few exceptions Sommerso This is a glass coated with a thick layer of colourless transparent glass or with a glass which has a colour different from the one of the backing It consists of a layer of colored glass with the inclusion of air bubbles and gold leaf more rarely with the subsequent application of rods in pulegoso glass coated with a colorless transparent layer about one inch thick Many Muranese glass factories extensively took up this technique with very considerable results Tessuto A glass invented during the late 30s it is based on the traditional filigrana technique with particularly thin rods used in this case joined one to the other with especially refined alternating colors On occasion to enhance the surface even further it was lightly "battuto" at the grinding wheel Zanfirico This is a glass rod executed with the same procedure as the "murrine" A sheaf of rods of different colors is prepared with a given design it is heated to the melting point; two metal rods are then attached at the ends of the molten mass while two maestros draw it out and impart a movement of rotation The fluidity of the material is such that it can be twisted at will to assume its characteristic spiral-like shape inside This type of object was already known in Murano in the XVI century with the name of "a retortoli " glass The current name of "zanfirico" is taken from the Venetian nineteenth century dealer Antonio Sanquirico who proposed this process anew murano glassart glassvenetian glassglass vase murano glass vase marco polo international angi murano glass hand craft shopping ecommerce secure gifts artistic shipping ornaments vases glasses plates plate lighting history trade business murrina catalogue millefiori mosaic master masters masterpiece glassblower glossary glassblowers toso 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