New chandeliers, included in the exhibition,
combine black Murano
glass with traditional metal and
glass elements of Ottoman chandeliers, thus
fusing two histories of craftsmanship and symbolizing the complex relationship between the Venetian and Ottoman Empires.
The acrylic sheets can be made to llok like
fused glass by
combining acrylic color in different stages of drying, or items can be embedded into the soft acrylic to accent sculptural work.