The Glass Route.....

So this past weekend my fellow classmates and I took a little field trip along the Glass Route in North Bohemia and lets just say it was amazing!!!! We left early Friday morning and hit the ground running, our first stop was the factory/workshop/studio of Lhotsky in Zelezny Brod. Just a little fyi Lhotsky is one of the most famous glass artists/producers in the world. Libensky and Brychtova (famous famous glass couple!!!) go to Lhotsky to get their pieces made.

Then we were off to his gallery, and then the Zelezny Brod town museum which probably has one of the largest collections of Brychtova and Libensky pieces.

After a few more glass shops and museums we headed to our hotel for the evening.

Saturday we were up and running again and this time to the home/studio of Iva Ouhrabkova.

Then we headed to Noby Bor, where we made a few stops at some museums, but then it was off to the highlight of the day Ajeto!!! (Ajeto is a museum/gallery/workshop that is world famous for glass blowing).  We all were paired with a master and got to blow glass!!!!

My Master

Finally game Sunday, we stopped at a few museums and workshops. Our last major stop was TGK (glass producers/manufacturers) This places was crazy, they do massive projects for people all over the world, like glass ceilings for a pool in Dubai. Not many pictures here due to privacy issues of the clients!! After a tour of the factory we headed to the store, where was amazed at all the glass!!

 It was a great weekend with an awesome group of people!!!