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

Czech glass

Nick Davey.... More of his amazing skills.

So... Nick is also one of my favourite drill engravers of all times. Though I have been trying to get in touch with Mr. Davey with out success =\ I am still thrilled to find more and more about him. Here are some photos of his works and an amazing video.

Here you have some stills from the video:

This is the link to the video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-12890777

And here are some more photos of his beautiful work:

All images are © to Dartington Crystal and Video images are © to BBC

Thank you for visiting!

České sklo - Šteigl Marek

Enjoy! =)

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

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

(click on video to play)

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!”

Výstava/Exhibition "Všimnutí" (More of the glass engraving work from the talented and gorgeous Pavlína Čambalová)

All images are © to Ms. Čambalová and have been used with her permission. Photo #1 (top and one of my favourites! is titled Sedící, horský křišťál (Sitting, Rock Crystal)

Here is one of my favourite engravers. I appreciate the beautiful details and delicate touch of Ms. Čambalová. Her work is soft, beautiful and radiant as if it has been laced with divinity... Perhaps the divinity of her hands.

You can see more of her work on her web site :

http://www.cambalova.cz/aboutme.html

Thank you so much for allowing me to share with our viewers your wonderful work.

here is the beautiful artist her self!

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:

Sketchy Monday....

Here is a photo and it's sketch, for those having a hard time finding sketches :)

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！

Beautiful glass blowing! =)

A gift from The Victoria and Albert museum (glass gallery) Part 2

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the gorgeous images!

All images have been provided and shared with us by Zoltan Viczan. I will forever be grateful!

Introduction to the Corning Museum of Glass in New York

Please visit their website

http://www.cmog.org/

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.

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.

The Mastery of Peter Dreiser

All photos are © to blackcountryhistory.org

When I started learning to engrave and about the subject someone gave me the book “Techniques of glass engraving” by Peter Dreiser and Jonathan Matcham; thus starting a love affair between the copper wheel glass engraving and I. Engraving in my eyes is like sculpting the piece of glass. Like giving it life, something soft and sensual between the engraving and that piece of clear material begging to be given life. There are not many “photos” of Mr. Dreiser’s work on line, however when I find one I save the link and photo and ask permission to use it. Here you have the web-site to get my information on these photos:

http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/DMUSE_BH4102/

I hope you enjoy viewing these beautiful piece of work as I have.

A gift from a dear friend

This was a beautiful gift sent to me by Zoltan from Hungary. He is such an amazing friend and such a talented engraver. I LOVE the whole thing, he has cut the plate around it and polished. The wings are beautiful and the polishing is absolutely delicate and so beautiful to look at. I will ask permission from Mr. Viczan to upload some more of his photos - Enjoy!