Brusičské sympozium Světlá / glass cutting

Wonderful video - I love the camera angle and the fact that one can actually see the stone making the cut.

my dream machine is here!

So my machine is here =0) I got this from the Czech Republic a few months ago, I just unpacked it a few days ago and wanted to share this with you guys. If ANYONE has any information, tips, comments or wants to donate anything please write me =0)

The photo below is what the set up looked like when in the Czech Republic and what it will look like when it's set up here. I got everything that you see in the photo.

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!

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)

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شكرا لزيارة!

salamat sa pagbisita!

Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch!

Děkuji vám za návštěvu!

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cảm ơn bạn đã ghé thăm!

gracias por su visita!

Leenah

Rytí skla, sklářská škola Nový Bor (Glass engraving, glass school Novy Bor)

Beautiful video and quiet detailed. I hope you enjoy it! (not available on mobile)

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!

Do any of the readers here know anything about this Glass Engraving Lathe?

A member of the blog bought this glass engraving lathe and all he knows is "it came from Germany. The spindle on it is about 1 1/2" in diameter."

If you have (or think you know anything) about this lathe, post it on the comments and perhaps we can all learn a bit in the process =) Thank you all!

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!

My dream machine the glass engraving lathe from Kurt Merker GmbH

Well what can I say... some girls want shoes and a purse, some a new car or a new phone... As far as I go; I want a lathe! I am working very hard to get it though I wont probably know what to do with it when it gets here... I will be quick to learn. This is the KMK1 from Kurt Merker in Germany. here is their link:

http://www.merker-kmk.com/indexe.html

It is featured in the book Techniques of Glass Engraving by Peter Dreiser and Jonathan Matcham (2nd edition) and it seems lovely! The idea is to learn the copper wheel engraving which is sadly and "endangered species" art; one that by all meanings isn't easy to learn and I am sure it will take time to do so but it will not be impossible and it will be rewarding. This is their lathe and you can visit their website (though you will have to contact them regarding price) I would say the lathe will set you back about $4,000 us dollars (with out the wheels) and almost $6,000 with the wheels. Some people might think "whats the point of spending that much?" but there is something in me that tells me it is the right thing to do... and so I'll do it! In the mean time however I will keep on engraving with my drill and sharing with you all the beautiful work of the amazing artists I admire, and aspire to be like, as well as the things I am learning by trial and error. Here is the lathe pictured with the diamond wheel set.