The Murrina glass is obtained from a glass barrel made entirely
by hand with a unique system in the world, known and practiced only on the island of Murano.
This technique consists of several steps and overlaps, with exclusively artisanal methods, the glass is given a cylindrical shape, after having marbled it several times on the bronzìn (metal surface).
The technique dates back to the early 900s and currently it is made only on the island of Murano by the Murano glass masters.
This kind of processing is very difficult and rare it was passed down from father to son.
Today it remains the only system to create a real Venetian Murrina glass barrel, a truly unique and original glass of its kind.
Everything focuses on making a rod.
A cylinder (called pastòn) is used which is attached at the end to another shorter rod.
This rod is prepared with a small amount of glass which by marking a longitudinal depression inside it and immersing the glass again in the crucible, allows you to create a real Venetian Murrina cane.
By doing so, each object becomes a precious, unrepeatable and unique work of art of its kind.
The glass masters grip the two irons and quickly move away from each other, shaking the rods in a way that has been tested for centuries.
So the barrel vitrea still hot, it rests on thin wooden sleepers arranged on a corridor, about fifty meters long, waiting for them to cool, to be then cut into 70 cm rods, approximately.
Only two companies in the world today they are able to make the Venetian Murrina glass barrel, satisfying only a small part of the countless requests that come from all over the world.
The Murano workshops have difficulty in finding specialized personnel who are able to do this type of work.
Like all artisanal works, it would be necessary to train the glass masters of tomorrow among the new generations, otherwise even this great Italian artisan tradition risks having fewer and fewer experts and employees.
Source: https://www.murrina.it/
