Lens-Artists Challenge: Creativity

I’ve never considered myself as particularly creative (except perhaps in the art of avoiding hard work or getting my hands dirty), so for this week’s Lens0Artists Challenge, with the theme of ‘Creativity’, it makes more sense to me to highlight the creativity of others more blessed than myself in that department.

The island of Murano, in the Venetian Lagoon, is world famous for its production of glass, especially ornamental glass items that are designed and made by individual craftsmen. The production process is fascinating, if a little scary – that stuff if hot.

Lens-Artists Challenge: Creativity

Murano Glass

A close-up view of a piece of glass from Murano reveals its extraordinary intricacy.

CMMC 3 January 2024

Glass Masters

In the entrance to a factory on the Venetian island of Murano, rightly famed for the manufacture of glass.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Glass

Weekly Photo Challenge: Careful

This glassblower on Murano knows that molten glass needs to be handled carefully, for aesthetic as well as safety reasons.

Careful

Weekly Photo Challenge: Careful

Photography 101: Glass

No visit to Venice would be complete without a trip to to the island of Murano to see the glassblowers at work. This is how it all begins.

Glass

Venice: behind the mask

Carnival Mask

Some images from a recent trip to Venice. No gondolas, no Piazza San Marco and definitely no selfies.