| Original Message: US Beadmakers must be Aliens - no human can be that creative! |
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A nice strand! Are you sure the beads are really Gablonz-made? I have doubts, but no arguments pro or con. I think Murano because I saw lots such beads from the sweet little island in Venice, but never a confirmed such bead from Gablonz. Latticino is not a difficult thing to produce - neither it is to apply, no matter who does it (on a bead). I must admit this: I looked for quite some time to find overwhelmingly beautiful Murano beads (to support my claim), but could not really find one. Of course I saw many lovely Millefiori and the understatement of a simple "Cornaline d'Aleppo" is convincing too, if you ask me, but I could not really find any Murano bead that would be a real challenge to make. Murano invented so many recognizable designs, what might also play a role, why I find them more beautiful. I still believe Murano was the better beadmaker - technically spoken - but it is true that many of their beads are indeed rather simple. In comparison US-beadmakers - Japanese too - are literally lightyears ahead of Murano. The reason seems clear: Murano produced a product. US beadmakers create art! What they do, what many of them do, is truely overwhelmingly beautiful, highly artistic and unbelievable difficult to make. Without "blue artblood" in your veins it is impossible to reach such levels. I could train for years and year without even coming close. It's a special talent to do what the "Crème de la Crème" of US beadmakers create. It's stunning and often real, true art! To watch this geniuses is frustrating for a beadmaking-nobody like me. Check out some of those beads I mean... All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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