Another thing that was a visual pleasure in Venice was all the glass surrounding you. Most windows were filled colourful displays of glass from Murano or cheap imports from abroad. On a trip to the Island of Murano we watched men glass blowing intricate pots as if it were the easiest thing in the world. I would have loved a try! Some pieces of art glass were both amazing and mystifying, as well as being expensive. I loved one window display, that had great big tubes of paint made from glass, glass brushes - painting glass paint - along a glass wall, and this big glass pot storing large glass brushes. I wouldn't want to buy them, but it was fun to look at them all.
I once enjoyed a days stained glass course, given to me for my birthday, and would love to be able to make the dichroic pendants that I sometimes buy on eBay. There were lots of types of art glass in Venice that I would love to be able to make and experiment with, but for the time being I enjoyed seeing Venetian glass, made by others, in all it's glory.
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