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Thursday 26 July 2018

Murano Bijoux and More at the Paseo Herencia Aruba

PALM BEACH ― We found terpieces of lightness and
this unique store in Aruba : polychrome transparency.
the Authentic Murano Glass
jewelry and decorations, All the pieces are unique,
from Murano- Italy, to Aru- since they are all hand-
ba. “Murano Glass” is only made. Murano is art, tra-
made on the island of Mu- dition, style and design,
rano. Murano is one of the it’s like an explosion of col-
islands in Venice, “Vene- ors and shapes, from the
zia” as Italians say. traditional “millefiori” to
the blown glass for lamps,
Murano Bijoux and More vases and sculptures, the
is the only store with the “avventurina” technique,
concept of Murano home that consists in introduce
decorations and jewelry in particles of copper in the
the Caribbean. They have glass in the appropriate
a selection of authentic moment, the exact tem-
murano art to make your perature, so it makes the
house look spectacular, special effect of an explo-
and fine jewelry made of sion inside the glass bead.
glass, using many ancient The magnificent appear-
techniques from the best ance and coloring of mu-
glass masters in Venice/ rano glass is achieved by
Italy. adding gold or silver foil
to the glass mixture and/
The manager, Esmeralda or adding minerals such as
Saetta, came with this zinc for white, cobalt for
idea since she has an Ital- blue, manganese for violet,
ian background, she has and so on, the glass is not
worked for years in the tour- painted, that’s why it never
ism business in Aruba, but will change color. Murano
she wanted to start a proj- Bijoux and More is a piece
ect with her family, and at of Venice in Aruba.
the same time honor part
of her heritage. Murano Bijoux and More
is located at the Paseo
They bring to Aruba the Herencia Mall, and is
best brands from Murano, open Monday to Satur-
such as “Antica Murrina”, day: 10:30am-1:00pm and
“Corte Murrina” and others. 3:00pm-10:00pm; Sunday:
6:00pm-10:00pm. For more
Venetian master glassmak- info check out their Face-
ers have been appreciat- book page facebook.
ed from centuries. From the com/muranobijouxand-
romans and people from more and also find them on
Egypt and Syria they learnt Instagram at @muranoaru-
ancient techniques to turn ba or send a mail to mura-
the humblest materials as noaruba@gmail.com q
sand and soda into mas-