Nicola followed in his father's footsteps and became a lampworker, creating animals, candies even an entire orchestra. After much pleading, he agreed to try his hand at beads. We worked together and supplied him with some American made tools and equipment. He studied at the Abate Zane school in Murano and as you can see, he was a quick study. He loves making the beads! His cousin Andrea has now joined the team as he sits beside Nicola working daily and studies the American books and videos on beadmaking which we took to Venice - sometimes our translations suffer a bit - but their beads are great just the same. Helping Nicola and watching him learn and succeed in this new skill brings all of us great pleasure.
We have added another new lampworker in our beadworkers. He has always worked making beads but has recently become interested in making fun animals, snowmen. We'll be adding his artwork as he develops.
Venetian
Bead Shop is a direct importer of Venetian Beads and Murano Beads. Your
source of wholesale Venetian Beads and wholesale Murano Glass beads. Working
directly with the beadmakers of Venice and the island of Murano, often designing
our own beads, we feature over 8000 different colors and styles of traditional
and modern Venetian glass beads. The beads begin with Effetre Moretti™
glass canes which are produced on the island of Murano. Each bead is handmade
one by one by beadmakers sitting behind a torches with a mandrel in one
hand and a cane of glass in the other, known as lampwork. We introduced
Venetian Dichroic Beads to the US through our efforts with our beadmakers
in Murano and revived an ancient technique of furnace glass with our partner
in Murano. We continue to bring new and innovative ideas to this age old
Murano industry. We have been importing Venetian Beads continuously since
1993, shipping worldwide. We also offer Swarovski® Crystals, Gold Findings,
Sterling Silver Findings, Softflex™ Wire, Beadalon Wire and a variety
of Beading Tools and Supplies. We offer wholesale beads and the largest
Venetian Bead Shop Wholesale showroom in the US with over 3000 sq ft of
beads!
Nicola's Lampwork
