MURANO, Italy — There has been an unusual silence within the world-famous glass factories of this Venetian island. On a late December day, at the site of the largest producer, all that could be heard ...
Some 27 of the world’s leading contemporary artists—including Ai Weiwei, Sarah Sze, Paul McCarthy, and Laure Prouvost—have been enlisted to collaborate with local Italian artisans to create new works ...
A factory in Arad continues the tradition of artisans from the Italian island of Murano to create jewelry and decorative objects from hand-processed glass, according to the century-old techniques of ...