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Post by piratesbar on Mar 16, 2010 9:33:29 GMT 2
The Acropollis Gift Shop will be open from the 1st of April with a full range of gifts, our origional Murano and some brand new ranges of hand made jewelry.x
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Post by artisans on May 13, 2010 9:09:23 GMT 2
One of the most popular ranges in Acropolis is Murano, from the island of glass in Venice. This is part of today's newsletter from EuropeUpClose:
North of Venice, the island of Murano has been a glass maker’s paradise since 1291 after Venetian traders brought back from the east the secret of this craft. One of the best ways to appreciate the artisanal skill is to see glass making in action. Private tours will take you to workshops where a maestro vetraio (master glass-blower) can be seen withdrawing a dollop of molten glass from a red-hot oven with his blowpipe, then adeptly twisting and shaping the glowing gob into a graceful miniature doll. Like magicians, the maestros repeat the same procedure over and over with remarkable agility, each time creating an amazing art piece. If you are hungry for more, head toward the famed Rio dei Vetrai (the glass-blowers’ canal). It houses many of the island’s 100 workshops where teams of glass makers create artistic glassware and jewelry. The items are then displayed in boutiques in Murano and Venice.
and, of course, Roda, for a coveted gift that is always in fashion.
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