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.

Bambi - Engraved lead crystal vase - Viczan

Back in action!! Finally able to do what I love!!!!! What a best way to start than with the beautiful vid of one of my favourite engravers!

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

My latest lil' project

I found a piece of broken glass while walking my dogs :) and this is what came up. It is not awesome... But as always, I learnt so much with every lil' piece you make. 

beautiful cameo engraving by the wonderful Terri Colledge

Once again, the amazing Terri L. Colledge, awesome video =0) I hope you all enjoy it. To see some more of her work please click here :

 http://glassengravers.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-exotic-soft-and-lifelike-cameo.html

Here is the amazing video : 

Gorgeous Video from Владимир Маковецкий

there will be more to come this week from this amazing Russian artist. This blog is officially BACK!

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

玻璃艺术--刻花 (Glass art - carved) and 艺术玻璃--刻花 孔雀）.玻雕（Art Glass - carved (Peacock). Glass sculpture)

Thank you for visiting! =)

感谢您访问！

paldies, ka apmeklējāt!

شكرا لزيارة!

salamat sa pagbisita!

Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch!

Děkuji vám za návštěvu!

Благодарим Вас за посещение!

cảm ơn bạn đã ghé thăm!

gracias por su visita!

Leenah

Glass engraving by GrawerArt-Gajczak Artur

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did =)

An engraving by: Yours truly

So... I decided to share one of my engravings =) This is a Mayan symbol engraved on an ashtray. It is not perfect... but I have learnt to appreciate the imperfections of my work... otherwise we stop learning.

here are some step by step photos:

Cam nasıl yapılır

I totally enjoyed this video =) I hope you do as well.

The soft kisses of Japan’s Ami Kitsuda

From Ami:

"The technique of two works(My Parasol, and Kawasemi) is Stipple engraving.
The technique of the third work(Flower Festival) is Stipple and Line engraving.

The technique of the fourth work(a rose) is Line engraving."

All images are © to Ami Kitsuda and I am honored to have been given her permission to use them.Thank you!

Sometimes… I find hard to express my emotions when I find my eyes staring at the beauty and delicacy of art. I found Ami Kitsuda’s work a few months ago and wrote her to see if she would allow me to use her work on this blog… and she agreed and for that I thank her.
When I see herwork, I am taken into a trance of beauty and imagination. I feel as if her hands; softly and gently kiss the beautiful glass allowing it to live and breath.

She has been an Associate Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers since 2008.
August, 2008 she published a book about the technique of stipple engraving and line engraving with a Japanese publishing company. (http://book.bijutsu.co.jp)

Here is a link of the book in the guild of glass engravers web site:

http://www.gge.org.uk/store/products/22


You can find more of her work and contact information at the guild of glass engravers:
http://www.gge.org.uk/memberdirectory/view/57

日本からのすべての私の美しい友人に感謝！

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!

Getting lost in the dreams of Japan’s own Hiroko Shoami. Glass engraver extraordinaire!

All images are © to Hiroko Shoami and have been used with the humble permission given by the artist.

I came across Hiroko’s work when I was doing some research on line and went to the web site of the guild of glass engravers. I thought it was quiet amazing and extraordinary. The techniques used by this amazing engraver are Stipple, line, sandblasting, point engraving and copper wheel engraving and as you can see a soft amazing finished is acquired by doing so. I am so honored to have been given permission by Hiroko and given some photos to share with the rest of you. Please visit Hiroko’s web site:

http://www8.ocn.ne.jp/~glas/works.html

Again thank you so very much to Hiroko for giving me the permission to share with our visitors these astonishing pieces of art.

Some more work from the talented hand of Wendy Johnston Brodd

Here is a quick look at a new piece of one of our favorite engravers in the world. Drill engraver Wendy Johnston Brodd. As I have previously said, Wendy has a beautiful eye for the detail and some of the most beautiful shades and shade gradations I have seen. Please enjoy. I have no web site information for Ms. Brodd at this time.

Jiří HARCUBA... Master Engraver and a feast for your eyes!

All image are © to ArtForum http://www.gallery.cz/gallery/en/index.html

Such a pleasure for the eyes! If you are a lover of great talent as well and quality in the field of the glass engraving... I won't have anything else to say... Simply; ENJOY!

Please visit http://www.gallery.cz/gallery/cz/jiri-harcuba-vystava.html to see more of this artist's work.

More of the mastery of Peter Dreiser

All images are © to www.bonhams.com

Her are two more pieces of the great Peter Dreiser, please visit the website to get more information on both:

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/WService=wslive_pub/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=eur&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4257055&iSaleNo=17045&iSaleSectionNo=1#

hover your mouse over the photos and you can see a great close up and detail. Enjoy