Saturday, September 25, 2010

All About Murano Glass Jewelry

You must have worn at least one Murano Glass Bracelet in your life. The ultra cool smokey beads are perfect for every occasion. But do you know where the Murano glass comes from? Murano glass comes from a tiny, yet beautiful island in north of Venice, named Murano. The island is undisputed capital of the world famous Venetian glass, since ages. Murano bracelets, necklaces, artifacts, showpieces, flower pots etc. made out of this glass are extremely popular for their unique style and gorgeous colors.


Murano bracelets are probably the widest selling item of this glass. The beautiful shades, shapes and designs of designer glass bracelets have made the Murano style glass a favorite of women all around the world. But creating this type of jewelry is not easy. It takes years of experience and hard work to achieve dexterity in this profession. Making this glass is an art which makes every Murano glass bracelet or Murano glass pendant chain, a treasured piece of art. The glass maker has to know the exact composition of chemicals to get a particular shade in the glass. The structure of this glass is so delicate that even a slight change can spoil the entire beauty of the finish product.

For instance, in order to achieve the aquamarine shade, which is readily used to make designer articles, a well defined mixture of copper and cobalt is needed. This shade is widely used in creating a variety of Murano glass pieces. Many different shades and designs are created with the various combinations of compounds. No wonder the designer dlass bracelets are a favorite of designers all over the world.

Beads are very much in style these days and glass beaded bracelets are the most beautiful items made out of them. Even though, plastic, stone and other types of beads are also available in the market, the color, quality and beauty of Murano beads and the glass beaded bracelets made out of them are way ahead of all of them.
Even though, this glass is also being produced in many parts of the world now, but the best quality and authentic Murano glass and jewelry is still only available on the island of Murano. Glass makers still produce it with age old techniques and methods which have been passed on through generations of family designers. There is a huge amount of counterfeit designer glass bracelets in the market these days and buyers should make sure that they are not being cheated.

The authentic Murano glass is only produced on the Venetian island; and Murano style cubic zirconia, which are originated somewhere else, are fake. All good jewelry designers make it a point to import this gorgeous glass to create an authentic Murano glass article because they know that true Murano glass is not just a material for jewelry making, but is also a part of history and tradition.

As an interesting note, I received a sales flyer in the mail today from a major department store.  Amazingly, enough they have the same article we sell on our web site for sale.  Their regular price is $700.00, sale price is $279.00.  Ours - $44.00.  Pretty easy to figure out where the best deal for your money is.  Until next time. 

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