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click here to learn more about MURANO GLASS BEADS.

(made in Italy by STUDIOSOFT, the company who created the STRAVAGANTE brand)

necklace made from flat round glass beads (mm.22) with 24k gold foil.


Still today, for the visitors who come to Venice to see the manufacture of Murano glass beads, the same scenes which inspired writers and legend are represented. All this is because of the attachment the glass blowers have towards tradition; even now a glass decorator in Venice is proud of being able to reproduce a copy of the "Coppa Barovier". Magnificent goblets and vases, beautiful jewels and crafted Venetian centerpieces are proposed by skilled glassmasters. The twenty-year manufacturing tradition of charms for Pandora bracelets has now made roots in Italy, where highly skilled craftsmen create incessantly works of art of absolute beauty. The history and success of Murano is bound to glass beaded jewelry and the name Murano itself is associated to glass jewellery almost as a synonym.

necklace made from big leaf glass beads (mm.35) with 24k gold foil.


Murano is an island of the Venetian lagoon renowned for its artistic glass jewelry where the transparent colourless glass known as 'Murano crystal' was obtained from about 1450 on. The Italian lampworking of Pandora Murano items features extremely light and precious glassware; it still serves to flatter modern styles and at the same time add that inimitable touch of antique charm. The furnace structures have remained unaltered over time and new technology in the making of Pandora glass beads is seen only in small details. Glass beads jewelry existed in the lagoon of Venice from as early as the 8th century. From the delicateness of the lattice-work to the originality of coral inserts the craft of hardworking craftsmen while achieving Pandora style beads fascinates anyone. Murano beads for Pandora once completed suggest the particular process that it has undergone, the blowing and the manipulation with iron implements thanks to the malleability guaranteed by the continual contact with the fire. Most people don't realize that glass beads jewelry is blown by hand and that the raw material for the production is the glass cane. Exploiting the adhesive qualities of molten glass the master can apply complementary parts or decorative patterns to Pandora style bracelets and such is his skill that he can add a finish to a glass with a fine coloured vitreous thread round the edge. The efforts made by masters to solve the numerous problems presented by wholesale glass jewelry operators always have meant that Venice and Murano became an important reference point for all world trade.

Glass pendant with twisted long beads and silver foil, size mm.50x15. Glass pendant with two twisted beads, size mm. 55 x 30.


Women are drawn to beaded bracelets because of their natural beauty, inspired by the magic associated with jewelry Murano glass. The jewelry has always been among the best friends of women and the glass jewels are intimately linked with the history of fashion. With Stravagante revive the ancient arts like the processing of typical glass bracelets or necklaces and pendants. Stravagante cheap beads for Pandora with 925 silver core represents our exclusive jewelry line that you can customize by yourself, like women jewels are unique and special by nature.

CLICK HERE to see our collection of necklaces and bracelets with Murano glass beads
(made in Italy by STUDIOSOFT, the company of STRAVAGANTE brand)

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by Marco Piazzalunga

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