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Labels: Bead Show - Venetian Beads - Murano Beads

Don't miss our new Furnace Glass Links, they make it easy for you to use the furnace glass in your Venetian Jewelry, a couple of jump rings and you are done. We have in a limited supply but will be adding more in the fall. We are experimenting with colors and sizes. FUN AND FASHIONABLE VENETIAN GLASS JEWELRY

Labels: Murano Glass Jewelry, Venetian Glass Jewelry, Venetian Jewelry

Take a ingot of pure gold and make beads! Well that's essentially what we do when we make gold foil beads. The first state is melting pure 24 carat gold at temperatures wel over 1000 degrees Celsius (1832 Farenheit). The mathmetical formula for this calculation is: F = (9/5)C + 32. The word in Italian for this trade is "battiloro" and in English it simply means "bead gold". This technique dates back to ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and the machinery may have changed but the techniques are still the same.

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This is the source of the warmth and glow of all our authentic Murano Glass Gold Foil Beads. Enjoy the story.

I'm feeling really guilty for not having posted in such a long time. We have a facebook page and a twitter page but we will be sure to maintain the blog, especially when we have something good to say.

Our PERLAVITA line is very popular. These fit all popular styles of large hole bead jewelry. Our authentic Murano Glass Beads in this large hole line have the colorful use of Murano Glass colors and our gold foils and silver foils. Click on the picture to see all the possibilities. PERLAVITA means "for the life" in Italian or "bead/life". See the posibilities!

Labels: Catching Up On The News

Craft supplies

Leader in craft supplies, VenetianBeadShop continues to add new products at great prices.

We have just completed moving into our new building. We only moved one door down, but we doubled our space. Phone numbers remain the same, email addresses the same.
New Addres
VenetianBeadShop.com
1010 Stewart Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

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If you'd like to enjoy the fireworks from the Redentore Festival in Venice, Click Here.

It's on Youtube.com and you can find many other movies with great pictures.

This weekend was the popular Redentore Festivale in Venice. It celebrates the end of the plague in 1577 and is commemorated with an amazing display of fireworks (spettacolo pirotecnico). The plague claimed over 50,000 residents incuding the famous painter Tiziano Vecellio.
The plague is thought to have been brought to Venice from the Orient by flea-infested mice onboard Venetian trading ships. Cats were brought from Syria who helped in the elimination of the mice.
Andrea Palladio was commissioned to design the Church of the Redeemer which is on the island of Giudecca. On Sunday of the festival a pontoon bridge (Ponte Votivo) is build from Zattere to the church so that Venetians can walk over to pay tribute.
By early Saturday afternoon, the lagoon is a mass of of boats moored together, festively decorated, laden with gastronomical delights and the ever wonderful Italian wines. Maybe Monday won't be such a good day for beadmaking!

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