Morro Bay artist Paula Radke finds harmony in glass 06/12/2018 We take glass for granted as if it’s always existed. In fact, the “common” use of glass dates from the early Roman Empire when molded glass was used to illuminate bathhouses. One of the earliest Venetian glass furnaces was excavated and dated from the 8th century. But it was in the 15th and 16th centuries that the processes for all types of glass making innovation flourished in Murano, Italy, where a factory remains to this day. Another glass-making milestone is associated with a familiar name:
We take glass for granted as if it’s always existed. In fact, the “common” use of glass dates from the early Roman Empire when molded glass was used to illuminate bathhouses. One of the earliest Venetian glass furnaces was excavated and dated from the 8th century. But it was in the 15th and 16th centuries that the processes for all types of glass making innovation flourished in Murano, Italy, where a factory remains to this day. Another glass-making milestone is associated with a familiar name: