fossilfly
06-20-2008, 11:23 AM
Excerpted from Time magazine, for the whole article visit:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1815635,00.html
It reviews the difficulties the artisans are dealing with, a flood of low cost imports and also the craftsmen are growing older and few replacements are to be seen. Short but good.
Over seven centuries, the Venetian island of Murano has built a reputation as home to some of the world's finest glassmakers. But now that many Venetian glass shops devote their shelves to kitsch trinkets and cheap pieces from the Far East, Murano's proud tradition of colorful, creative glasswork is fading.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1815635,00.html
It reviews the difficulties the artisans are dealing with, a flood of low cost imports and also the craftsmen are growing older and few replacements are to be seen. Short but good.
Over seven centuries, the Venetian island of Murano has built a reputation as home to some of the world's finest glassmakers. But now that many Venetian glass shops devote their shelves to kitsch trinkets and cheap pieces from the Far East, Murano's proud tradition of colorful, creative glasswork is fading.