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Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

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Madonna of the Rocks. Murrine painting by Loren Stump

Madonna of the Rocks. Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump, American self-taught artist

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump
American self-taught stained glass artist Loren Stump has more than 40 years of experience in glass-art and can create entire portraits and paintings using Murrine technique.

Born in Sacramento, California, Loren Stump began his career as a stained glass artist when he mastered advanced shaded murrine, intricate sculpture, and paperweight encasement. In fact, his innovative technique – the manipulation of a two dimensional murrine slice into a three dimensional form. Incredible artwork by California based artist Loren Stump exhibited at the Corning Museum of Glass, The Ertz Israel Museum, and the Kyokei Fujita Glass Museum.

Invented 4,000 years ago in the Middle East, and later virtually forgotten, the technique was revived by Venetian glass-makers. First the artist makes colorful glass rods, and later imposes one on another. Then, he melts the entire stack in a special oven, until it turns into a thick glass “sausage”. Cutting off one slice of this “sausage”, he gets a little picture, which he uses, for example, for making a beautiful pendant.


Madonna after pull. Murrine painting by American self-taught artist Loren Stump

Set of works titled “Madonna after pull”

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Closeup Madonna after pull

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Miniature – Madonna weight

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Brooches “Madonna”

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Angel Pendant

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Crystal. Angel Pendant

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Henry VIII

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Stunning miniature Murrine painting

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Rose and butterfly

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Sybil weight

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Three masks

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump

Walt Whitman & James Joyce

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