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Does anyone know what is the difference between Dichroic Glass and Murano Glass?
The brilliant dichroic optical properties of dichroic glass are the result of multiple micro-layers of metal oxides. These thin layers of oxides have a total thickness of three to five millionths of an inch.
NASA developed dichroic glass for use in satellite mirrors. Multiple ultra-thin layers of different metals (gold, silver, titanium, chromium, aluminium, zirconium, magnesium, silicon) are applied to the surface of the glass in a vacuum chamber.
The resulting plate of dichroic glass can then be fused with other glass in multiple firings. Certain wavelengths of light will either pass through or be reflected, causing an array of colour to be visible. Due to variations in the firing process, individual results can never be exactly reproduced; each piece of fused dichroic glass is unique and no two pieces are ever the same.
The process of making Murano glass is rather complex. Most Murano glass art is made using the lampworking technique. The glass is made from silica which becomes liquid at high temperatures. As the glass passes from a liquid to a solid state, there is an interval when the glass is soft before it hardens completely. This is when the glass-master can shape the material.
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The other raw materials, called flux or melting agents, soften at lower temperatures. The more sodium oxide present in the glass, the slower it solidifies. This is important for hand-working because it allows the glassmaker more time to shape the material. The various raw materials that an artisan might add to a glass mixture are sodium (to make the glass surface opaque), nitrate and arsenic (to eliminate bubbles) and coloring or opacifying substances.
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Colors, techniques and materials vary depending upon the look a glassmaker is trying to achieve. Aquamarine is created through the use of copper and cobalt compounds whereas ruby red uses a gold solution as a coloring agent. The millefiori technique begins with the layering of sliced canes of glass and conterie or tiny glass beads are formed by cutting thin glass canes into sections when cold then rounded when hot. Filigree, incalmo, enamel painted, engraving, gold engraving, lattimo, ribbed glass and submersion are just a few of the other techniques a glassmaker can employ
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Murano Glass
All About The Beautiful Murano Glass
Murano glass is a bit like champagne in the sense that a product that is widely used and widely made, used to only be made in one town. In Murano, Italy, in the 13th century resided the best glass artists in the whole of Italy. These true artisans were the absolute elite in creating beautiful glass designs, glass jewelry, etc. Because Murano glass was so special and highly regarded even in those times, when the glass making techniques slipped out of Murano to glass makers from other regions of Italy, the majority of glass makers decided to respect the craftsmanship of the Murano jewelers and glass makers, and so they reached a massive consensus to keep the name Murano as a way of recognizing the designers and inventors of this beautiful art.
Murano glass now comes in an incredibly large variety of styles and designs. Besides the well known multi colored glass, enameled glass, the best glass makers in Italy also designed and created the beautiful crystalline glass, and the milk glass, along with maybe the most beautiful and appealing out of all the styles, and specifically the aventurine, which is glass that contains designs made with gold threads. The process of making Murano glass could never be automated at any level, so all the beautiful pendants, earrings, rings, and brooches are still completely hand made with great attention to detail by the greatest glass craftsmen and jewelers in Italy, and some other countries, but the vast majority of Murano glass makers are based in the home country of the beautifully crafted Murano glass.
The process through which Murano glass is created hasn’t changed throughout the centuries. Murano glass is made out of the finest silica that is molten and transformed into high quality glass. There are different compounds that are being added to the glass to prolong the time the glass stays molten and malleable, then coloring agents are added. For example, did you know that for that beautiful red color, there are no red coloring agents added, but a especially created gold solution? Just like this simple fact, all the other aspects of making Murano glass are simply spectacular.
Each and every piece of jewelry made out of or with Murano glass, is absolutely unique, and this is what gives it the special something. Knowing that the brooch or the earrings you are wearing are absolutely unique in the world is simply extraordinary. Brooches and pendants made out of Murano glass have a distinct sense of style to them, and this makes them suitable to be worn with a great variety of dressing styles. The quality is not fine, it is impeccable and perfect.
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where can i find information on an trip to murano?
i am interested in glass blowing and i heard about murano. what are some websites that i can find information on the island and where to go...and how to get there.....i kno its by water taxi! thanks
You'll find everything you need to know on this wonderful website: http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/murano_the_glass_island.htm
The articles on Murano start at the above page but by following the links you'll get the vaporetto info and the schedules from the ACTV: http://www.actv.it/english/home.php
Hope that helps!
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