I wanted to share pictures of this wonderful necklace that I recently purchased from a seller on Etsy. As a rule I do not collect modern Venetian glass beads or jewelry but this was just too amazing and unusual to pass up. They are called Battuto Beads. I have pasted the description of how these glorious beads are made from the designers Etsy page.
The first stage there is a tube made by fusing and pulling many mosaic canes of Murano glass.
Eight to ten canes (rods of glass), are fused into a glass tube. The tube is heated and stretched two or three feet long. One end of the tube is "pinched" shut in the flame...air is then blown through the tube forming a bubble on the other end, allowing the molten glass at the end to expand into the desired shape. The bubble is shaped to the desired size and "pinched" off and allowed to cool.
It is worth noting that this particular Murano glass master, who made these Battuto beads, is given credit for inventing this method. Once the bead is made and cooled, the outer layer is ground off to expose the mosaic multicolors.
Center bead is a large, oval bead; approximately 63 mm x 35 mm x 18 mm thick. The 2 large teardrop shaped beads are approximately 72 mm long x 33 mm wide x 18 mm thick.
Enjoy everyone!
Paige
