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.

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)

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!”

Glass engraving by GrawerArt-Gajczak Artur

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

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!

Zoltan engraving - One of my favorite videos on youtube