Murrini Glass Process

This is a guest post by Glass Shop artisan, Marc VandenBerg.

New this year at The Henry Ford’s Glass Shop, we’ve been creating Murrini vases. A much more involved process compared to daily production. “Murrini” refers to pulled cane, when cut the cross section reveals either a picture or pattern. Historically, glassmakers created geometric patterns, similar in our product, or even detailed portraits of noblemen and scenes depicting places such as the canals of Venice.