I am back!

Hello everyone;

I took a break a bit from blogging, so I could read and practice more my engraving.

My blog has not stopped attracting new visitors and I still get messages from all over the place; I hope to now start sharing more about the beautiful art I love.

Here is a new sample and video of one of my latest work. I hope you all can see a bit of progress.

Bílek Petr, broušené sklo, rytí skla (Petr Bilek, cut glass, glass engraving)

RIP Jiří Harcuba

It was posted on facebook that Mr. Harcuba passed away this morning. A very sad day for those who learnt from him and those who love the beautiful art of glass engraving. May he rest in peace.

This is the Corning Museum of glass page on Mr. Harcuba

http://www.cmog.org/bio/ji-harcuba


Please take a moment in the name of this wonderful artist. Thank you.

A beautiful sunset and a beautiful letter from Viczan

Of course... one of our favourite master engravers, the amazing Zoltan Viczan and some of his beautiful work. I am so very happy to get to share these photos with our readers.

If you'd like to see more of this amazing amazing artist, like the facebook page of his work:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viczan-Art-Glass/110102389011801?fref=ts

All images are © to Zoltan Viczan and have been used with his permission. Thank you! 

Website for this artist: http://viczan.com

Art glass butterfly engraving

Cinderella's glass slipper by Zoltan Viczan

This nice bid by my dear friend Zoltan. You get a chance to see the before and after and the beautiful slippers he has engraved. Thanks for sharing this with Zoltan.

Over 109 hours of beautiful wheel engraving! by Jiří Tesař

This is absolutely THE BEST video out there! For those wanting to learn more and know more about wheel engraving. Jiří Tesař has made it possible to put this video of youtube and share it with you all. It is an absolute master at work! I LOVED the video and I hope you watch it and share it.

Please visit Jiří Tesař's web site to learn more about this master glass engraver!

http://www.jiritesar.cz/index.html

Thank you for visiting!

The Magnificent touch, world and creations.... the glass engraving of Jiří Tesař (Velkolepý dotek, svět a výtvory ....rytí skla Jiří Tesař)

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All images are © to Jiří Tesař and have been used with his kind permission.

I am very honored to have been given permission by such wonderful artist to feature his work and share it with you all. I thank Jiří from the bottom of my heart.

I saw Jiří’s work a few weeks ago and was so taken by it; it made me cry of joy. Seeing the beautiful soft gentle touch he uses to create his pieces was simply an out of this world experience. Reminded me of the softness and beauty used by the renaissance master Caravaggio... Please visit his web site to see some more of his work:

http://www.jiritesar.cz/pages-en/profile.html

I hope you enjoy them as much as I have!

Fler workshop: jak se dělá diatreta (Fler workshop: how to make diatreta)

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All images are © to Fler Mag. (not quiet sure if all images belong to the same artist)

Please visit this link where you can see the video as well as some other photos. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have =)

http://www.fler.cz/magazin/fler-workshop-jak-se-dela-diatreta-693


***Translated with Google translate*** Only first paragraph of the article.

“When it was first found in the excavations diatreta, experts were amazed. What could our ancestors as early as Roman times, several engravers succeeded in the second half of last century. As of today without these engravings engraving machines, diamond discs, and other paraphernalia were able to produce? We do not know. But we are extremely proud that you can manufacture the diatrety Fler the live show. And show it to you - who else than Diatreta!”

One of my all time favourite pieces....

All images are © to Zoltan Viczan and used with permission.


This is one of my favourite pieces. It was done by one of my good friends and one of the best engravers in the world. Mr. Zoltan Viczan. I love this piece because it is simple and delicate and the hands are beautifully engraved. It is simply breath taking.

Crystal Ship - Glass Engraving by Zsadányi Róbert

Nice video taking you to the process from start to finish... Enjoy my friends!

Up-close and personal with the masterful details of Viczan Zoltan

All images are © to Leenah (work by the Viczan Zoltan)

Please pay close attention to the wings, and how the legs of the subject softly touch the leaf where it stands (photos 4 & 5) , as well the the amazing polishing on the second photo. The entire plate was engraved by Viczan and you can see a before and after photo on his web site.

I wanted to make a second post about the artist featured last week, because I own two of his pieces and I wanted to share them with you all.

One of the reasons I love the beautiful work of Viczan is the sweet soft touch done in the pieces he creates. To me; as an artist... it is quiet important that something looks as good up close as it will from far away. I got this beautiful piece from Viczan; and I can tell you that it is even more stunning when seen in person. Here are some beautiful detail photos so you can appreciate it. Please visit his web site, and subscribe to the blog. I have no more words to introduce the spellbinding and orgasmic feast to the eyes given by such wonderful artist....

http://www.viczan.com/

Leenah

The masterful details of Viczan Zoltan

All images are © to Viczan Zoltan, and have been used with his permission.

When I first saw the engravings of Viczan Zoltan, I was impressed by the clean beautiful cuts and details added not only to the animals he engraves, but to the human figures. His glass cuts are beautiful… as beautiful as the clean cuts and polishing in his pieces. He has such an amazing eye for detail and perspective and if you see his works in person you can see the delicatessen and soft touch added to each piece. His works are gems thus making him one of the very best engravers I have come across and one of the most talented as well as one of the nicest people I have ever met. I am so honored to call him my friend and so very happy to have him on my blog. Please visit his website :

http://www.viczan.com/

I will be posting some more of his work and a close up so you can see the beautiful details acquired by this master engraver… His polishing is simply astonishing!