Yes, it’s another Pandora charm post. I’ve become a total fanatic in the past few months with these charms and by far the charm that I’m most enamoured with are the Murano glass charm beads. These are one of the most intricate and detailed types of charms in Pandora’s collection, made using the ancient art of glassmaking that was popular in Venice. The method of making glass layers glass on top of each other, allowing for various patterns and colours to make up a complicated design.
Pandora makes extensive use of the Murano glassmaking technique to create some truly stunning charms. Many of my favourite charms have a base glass pattern, stained with dyes and then a clear outer, thicker layer of clear glass that plays visual illusions with the patterns of the glass trapped within it. Here are a few for you to see the effect:
There are also heaps of charms using the layering technique in the opposite way: the patterns and colour are tinted on the outside of the glass charm and at time the spaces between the patterns are clear to let you see the coloured glass below. These simple layering of colours and the natural reflective properties of glass can make for some elegant and surprisingly colourful and cute designs. My personal favourite charm, and not looking at glass charm is this lady bug charm which has tiny white beads fixed to the outside surface as eyes that goes perfectly with the blue, white and glass exterior pattern.
The last type of Murano glass charm that I know of from Pandora is those multi-faceted charms of just coloured Murano glass. The glass is cloudy, but not in a dirty way, it ends up creating a more dreamy and fluffy look within the glass. These are very different from the other smooth and sharp Murano glass charms, but have their own unique kind of addition to your bracelet. Pandora only released these in about 7 colours and haven’t really looked into different types of faceted glass charms, but we might see a few more in the future.
If you’re wearing Murano charms on your bracelet then it’s probably best to work with other more laid back charm in terms of detail and colour because you’ll want the eye to catch on the intricate and colourful glass patterns the most.
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