Millefiori Glass Cross

Making Millefiori Glass

Murano Millefiori glass has rich history and appeals to everyone who appreciates Venetian artistry, rich tradition of Murano Glass craftsmanship, and world-famous Italian design. Perfected by Murano island's glass artisans over many generations, the technique of Millefiori (which means "a thousand flowers" in Italian) has remained virtually unchanged since when it was first rediscovered by Venetian masters in the sixteenth century. Attempting to imitate colorful Roman "murrina" or millefiori glassware, Murano masters have experimented with various methods and techniques until they were able to create glass canes with specific designs showing up on the cross-section. From that point all th...

How Murano Millefiori Glass Is Made In A Glass Factory In Venice, Italy

Murano Millefiori is a special kind of art glass that is crafted using tiny pieces of Millefiori glass cane. These Millefiori glass canes (also known as Murrina in Venice) are specially made using a complex glass-making process. Each Millefiori cane has multiple layers set up in such a way as to make up flowery or geometric design at its cross-section. By mixing small pieces of such canes (mosaic) with transparent and colored glass, and gold and silver leaf, Murano artisans were able to create unique designs reminiscent of the ancient mosaics that grace Basilica di San Marco in Venice. In this video you see how a Murano Glass master dips a blob of colored glass into Millefiori mosaics an...