la murrina is the premiere Italian designer of blown Venetian glass chandeliers. http://www.lamurrina.com/ This is the e-news released February 2011 highlighting its centerpiece Domina and its signature Tattoo chandelier .

1. Confetti and Shooting Stars
If Harlequin was in control,
The sky, you know how he would want it?
In patches of a hundred colors,
Sewn together with a ray of sun.
Gianni Rodari
Emanating from the historic Piazza San Marco in
Venice throughout Italy and the rest of the world,
Carnival is nigh; games and jamboree, exuberance
and imagination abound. lf to say Carnival is to say
Venice, Venice is at times synonymous of murrina,
the city’s signature craft that much like the
celebration exults joy and colour.
Objects so precious that at one time glass artisans
tossed their botched creations into the abyss of the
lagoon to prevent forgery of their coveted technique.
This same uniqueness is character of la murrina’s
niche treasure today, exclusive products of a
meticulous glass sculpting process from within the kiln.
Out of these pieces, la murrina poses the classic table
centerpiece Domina and the chandelier Tattoo by
Marco Piva for the occasion, a happy marriage
between contemporary nuance and traditional elegance.
Just like Domina, Tattoo originates from extensive and
complex craftsmanship; the glass aficionado
hand­picking the murrina artifacts one by one, positioning
them on a special plate resistant to overheating, the
material meshing seamlessly as it transforms
into a small board.
In one fell swoop, another tradesman withdraws
liquid glass from the crucible and models it in a
cylindrical shape rotating a rod as it adheres to the small
murrina board.The resulting composition is heated in the
kiln and then passed to the blowing procedure. A perfect
synergy concentrating snaps of fingers and gasps of
breath, life is given to objects discernibly one-of-a-kind.
For commercial
and technical information:
la murrina usa inc.
Showrooms
Contract offices:
New York (212) 751 24 01
Los Angeles (310) 858 70 80
info@lamurrina.us
www.lamurrina.us
la murrina
M U R A N O
e-news february 2011