Craftsmanship
Glass
Blowing
Bespoke lighting commissions executed by Murano glass masters, hand-blown chandeliers, pendants and decorative glass elements, each unique to the commission.
Bespoke lighting commissions executed by Murano glass masters, hand-blown chandeliers, pendants and decorative glass elements, each unique to the commission.
The Venetian island of Murano has produced fine glass for over 700 years. The techniques were so closely guarded by the Venetian state that glassmakers were confined to the island to prevent knowledge reaching the mainland. The tradition they preserved remains the most accomplished school of decorative glass-making in the world.
Make Bespoke Studio designs and commissions bespoke Murano glass lighting for hospitality and residential projects. Chandeliers, pendant clusters, wall lights and decorative glass elements are designed by the studio, made by master glassblowers on the island, and installed on site. Each piece is blown, shaped and assembled by hand using methods unchanged for centuries.
The decorative range available within Murano glass-blowing is wide: millefiori (thousand flowers), filigrana (fine threadwork), murrine (patterned rod sections), sommerso (submerged colour layers), zanfirico (spiral threadwork) and others. Most commissions draw on several techniques in combination to achieve the intended character.
"Thousand flowers", glass rods formed from bundled coloured canes, sliced to reveal cross-sectional flower patterns and incorporated into blown forms.
Fine coloured threads drawn through clear glass, twisted or woven in spiral arrangements within blown vessels and pendants.
Decorative cross-sections sliced from composite glass rods, each containing a complex pattern, scattered into blown glass to create scattered repeat motifs.
"Submerged", layers of different coloured glass are gathered one over another, creating depth of colour and translucency that shifts as the light changes.
Every commission begins with a design conversation — scale, decorative language, colour palette, relationship to the architectural context. A drawing is prepared, agreed with the master glassblower, and refined before any glass is worked. The finished piece is made in Murano and installed on site. The result is a lighting piece designed specifically for its location, not adapted from a catalogue.
