"Murano was an industrial settlement," Seguso explained. The city of Venice was mostly made from wood, and Venetian glass factories regularly caught fire, he said.

You likely will see a large, dazzling, one-of-a-kind light fixture, every piece of glass mouth-blown on the Venetian island of Murano, just as it has been done for more than 700 years.

Traditions Murano Glass, an Ancient Art Revived A new generation of artisans is adding to the long history of the Italian craft, known for its strange shapes, odd colors and secretive techniques.

"In Murano we are born near the ovens," master glass-maker Simone Cenedese told Sunday Morning correspondent Allen Pizzey. "It's a thing that comes to you like speaking and writing and walking ...

Roberto Beltrami is the founder of Wave Murano Glass, which is employing a new generation of glassmakers on an island where the art form has been practiced for more than 700 years.

Their centuries-old workshops sell intricate curlicues of glass fantasy to the smartest shops in the world. But now the winds of crisis howling through the world are rattling the doors of the ...

The gas-fueled blazes needed to produce Murano’s famous creations have become a luxury the glassmakers can scarcely afford.

Art History Why Is Murano Glass So Special (and Expensive)? Experts Give Us 8 Reasons In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Venetian craft became a global brand. Here's how that happened.

An unassuming vase picked up at a Virginia Goodwill store for $3.99 turned out to be an ultra-rare piece of Murano glass which sold at auction for $107,100 — nearly $50k more than the auction… ...