Howard Faxon
The Clown From Murano – photograph – © 2018 – Howard Faxon
In Murano, Italy glass has been made for over 700 years. Murano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon. Venetian glass is thought to have been made for 1500 years and became concentrated on the island sometime around the thirteenth century. Europe’s first major glass center is now the home of many showrooms and glassblowing studios. When people think art glass they think of Venice. You can get an idea of lots of Venetian glass is here.
This is a still life of a handmade glass clown from Murano for Wacky Wednesday. This clown has appeared in my collages more than a few times. He’s happy and wacky. Happy Wacky Wednesday everyone.
Wednesdays don’t get any more wacky than that…
I love glass art. The history of it as well as the art pieces created. This clown is priceless.
This is very well made, glass blowing is a real art.
Geez howard can you stop clowning around for one minute? 🙂
My cousin owns a glass blowing shop in Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin. His dream was to go to Murao and learn. He did, and he is an amazing glass artist!
I was a hot glass furnace worker in the late eighties and the whole nineties. There are probably people we have in common. The glass world wasn’t that big back then. I just really like working with glass. I taught classes at a non-profit for a few semesters. I don’t make other people’s designs any more. Just my stuff and very rarely lately.
I was given this clown because my friend’s husband was scared of clowns. Couldn’t have it in the house.
I would suspect glass blowing is a small world.
I used to watch them in the shop (nonpublic) as a little kid. The only thing I ever made was a bubble.
That’s cool – I think part of how I got hooked was from Williamsburg when I was a kid. Some people – once they try it can’t stop and that was me.
I made a lot of glass that’s out there floating around. I do remember that as a kid it looked like magic to me. It all starts with a bubble. The woman who walked me through my first piece said that.
Great looking clown indeed.
Yup, he has really good colors – goofy clown!
…. “It’s like déjà vu all over again,” – Yogi Berra 🙂
?It’s like deja vu all over again.”
Love this wacky and beautiful clown Howard!
Thanks Carol, I need to practice the still life. Someone gave me this. When I was in Murano it was vacation time for the glass factories. Cheers
Very interesting clown … I visited the glass factory in Murano several times and saw how they made various things from glass
Great information here along with wacky clown , Thank you for sharing
He is so neat looking. Love that glass work!
It was a gift. I was a hot glass furnace worker for a good stretch and so I can ponder sticking the hot pieces together. I like it – its goofy.
That’s a very wacky clown. Thank you for sharing the picture and information.
Thanks. Not the usual still life for me. Cheers
That’s a very wacky clown. Thank you for sharing the picture and information.
“It’s like déjà vu all over again,” famed New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra
Does Virily do this often? Duplicate posts, that is? I’ve had this problem over and over again.
Yes, well not horribly often. But yes.