“Woman is made of fragile glass;
but do not put her to the test
to see if she will break,
for that might come to pass.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
Murano glass can be found the world round, but for the best selections you should visit Murano itself. Not all of it is beautiful (not to my eye at least) and not all of it is real (Chinese imitations abound). Much of it is repetitious: beads, balloons and clowns spring to mind. But there are also some large, striking and unusual public pieces around. This glass female, with what seem to be four breasts (and a tail too, but you can’t see it in this shot), was a wonderful source of reflections.
Travel with Intent 
What a cool reflection! I’d like to see this for myself.
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Beautiful.
Sydney – City and Suburbs
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Debbie, Cool shot! Thanks for linking to Weekend Travel Inspiration!
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I’m enjoying your meme
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Thank you for making me smile!
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You’re welcome!
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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A very special sculpture! The reflection is gorgeous!
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Thank you!
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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beautiful!
I am glad someone else doesn’t like all the Murano glass!
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I especially hate the clowns. But there were plenty of other things I disliked too!
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Well, that’s a “guttsy” reflection … doesn’t look like any Morano glass that I have seen, but very interesting. Four Breasts … hmmmm.. Has there ever been such a creature?
Andrea @ From the Sol
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Two too many for me! I doubt an outdoor glass sculpture would last very long in the states.
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And definitely for me Running for a bus is bad enough as it is 😉
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Wait, I hadn’t thought of that!
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I think that is the first time I have seen a glass sculpture in a public place. I suppose it could only happen in Murano.
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Yes, it was a bit dirty but otherwise unharmed. There was one other that I spotted and I’ll share it soon.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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tres reussi,bravo !
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merci!
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Wow… That is an extraordinary piece of artcraft ; I can’t beging to imagine how difficult and stressfull it must be to create such a delicate work in the most fragile material on earth…
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Yes, it’s an incredible skill. And this one has to be tough enough to withstand public prodding and the weather
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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phantastic picture, and very different from the other stuff inhe shops….
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Fantastic reflection captured.
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Lovely female and absolutic bwautiful reflection.
Murano is interesting, I’ve been there “one hundert years” ago 🙂
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Yes, it’s lovely, like a mini Venice
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Quite interesting. Was this in Murano?
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Yes, in a small square
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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