Buyers Guide

Glass Jewellery

No other accessories can match the evocative beauty of a glass necklace or glass pendant. Glass jewellery can be handcrafted from sea glass or manufactured using state of the art glass technology. Fashion experts are increasingly using glass jewellery as a standalone item or as an important part of their creations.

If you want add colour to your wardrobe, then wear a glass necklace or glass pendant. Glass bead necklaces can be found in a cornucopia of colour, in different shapes and sizes and will enhance your outfit on any occasion.

Murano handmade glass jewellery...

Perhaps the best known of glass jewellery is Murano Glass, a famous handmade glass jewellery product that originates from the island of Murano where it has been handcrafted for years. Murano is regarded as an excellent tourist destination for lovers of fine art and handcrafted glass necklaces, glass pendants and glass beads (perhaps the most famous being the Murano glass heart pendants and torsade necklaces).

For centuries, the glassmakers in Murano held a monopoly on all quality glassmaking. These master artisans refined a number of popular glassmaking technologies for the creation of handmade glass jewellery, including glass with threads of gold, multi colored glass, and imitation gemstones crafted from glass. These age old techniques are still being employed as Murano glass jewellery is handcrafted into stunning contemporary art.

Handmade glass costume jewellery was massively produced in the 50s and 60s for the purpose of exporting to other countries as gifts and for tourists. The processes used to create these stunning glass gifts is still being employed as the popularity for painstakingly crafted handmade glass jewellery continues to grow.

No two pieces of Murano glass jewellery are the same...

All Murano glass necklaces or glass pendants are one of a kind and make for an incredible gift. Anyone who appreciates the gift of handmade jewellery will appreciate what it means to own a handcrafted piece of stunning Murano art glass jewellery.

That is because no two pieces of art glass jewellery from the island of Murano are the same, and each piece is handcrafted using age old traditions that were cultivated and mastered by the finest glass artisans that the world had ever seen at the time that Murano art glass became such a sought after commodity. Anyone scouting for the best gifts to give for special occasions will be thrilled to find that there is a style of Murano glass jewellery to suit all tastes and styles.

Murano art glass handmade jewellery is crafted using high quality glass and melting agents called flux. Glass is shaped and molded on rods over a flame or torch and slowly manipulated to create highly detailed and truly unique costume jewellery gifts in the form of glass pendants, glass hearts and glass beads and other glass jewellery elements. The colors, styles, materials and techniques used in Murano art glass handmade jewellery can vary significantly depending on what look the master glassmaker is hoping to create.

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