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Northern Bohemia. Part 4: Glass-making at the Sklárna Florianova huÅ¥ glass foundry in ÄŒastolovice near ÄŒeská Lípa
2007.09.02
1. The owner.
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2. Sign from the village to the glassworks
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3. Sklárna Florianova huÅ¥ glass foundary and home of owner
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4. One of the products. See their website below to see their full range of glassware
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5. The glass-blowers
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6. Heating the glass ball
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7. Close-up of furnace
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8. Blowing the first bubble shape
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9. Moulding the molten glass
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10. Just lifted from a moulding
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11. Twirling the glass in the mould
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12. Cooling with water
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13. A mould
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14. Shaping the glass
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15. Stretching the hot glass
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16. Checking for imperfections
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17. Heating the shape
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18. Glass making apparatus
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19. Calipers
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20. The owner's cat
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ÄŒastolovice and its glass foundry
The Sklárna Florianova huÅ¥ glass foundary is a small glass foundry in a beautiful village called ÄŒastolovice. During my recent holiday to Northern Bohemia, a region of many small glass foundries, we visited this foundry as part of our search for the ideal perfume bottle for a perfume created by a friend.
I was fascinated by the whole glass blowing process and in this posting have tried to sequence the pictures to give you some idea of glass blowing.
Video
The art of glassblowing
THE GLASS-BLOWER
By "Jan Struther" (Joyce Maxtone Graham, 1901-1953)
BY the red furnace stands
Apollo mute,
Holding in upraised hands
His iron flute.
Slowly from back and brow
The bright sweat drips;
He sets the clarion now
Light to his lips,
And ever, as he blows,
Without a sound
His molten music flows,
Golden and round.
Never from herald's breath
In brazen horn,
Telling of strife and death
Or of peace new-born;
From silver clarinet
By fingers small
To lips of ruby set
In raftered hall;
From jilted shepherd's reed
Plaintively proving
How he in very deed
Must die of loving–
Never from all these came
A music sweeter
Than this bright sphere of flame
With neither sound nor name,
Cadence nor metre,
That steadily, as he blows
On his iron flute,
Trembles and swells and glows,
Gold-amber, amber-rose,
In melody mute.
The Sklárna Florianova huÅ¥ glass foundary is a small glass foundry in a beautiful village called ÄŒastolovice. During my recent holiday to Northern Bohemia, a region of many small glass foundries, we visited this foundry as part of our search for the ideal perfume bottle for a perfume created by a friend.
I was fascinated by the whole glass blowing process and in this posting have tried to sequence the pictures to give you some idea of glass blowing.
Video
The art of glassblowing
THE GLASS-BLOWER
By "Jan Struther" (Joyce Maxtone Graham, 1901-1953)
BY the red furnace stands
Apollo mute,
Holding in upraised hands
His iron flute.
Slowly from back and brow
The bright sweat drips;
He sets the clarion now
Light to his lips,
And ever, as he blows,
Without a sound
His molten music flows,
Golden and round.
Never from herald's breath
In brazen horn,
Telling of strife and death
Or of peace new-born;
From silver clarinet
By fingers small
To lips of ruby set
In raftered hall;
From jilted shepherd's reed
Plaintively proving
How he in very deed
Must die of loving–
Never from all these came
A music sweeter
Than this bright sphere of flame
With neither sound nor name,
Cadence nor metre,
That steadily, as he blows
On his iron flute,
Trembles and swells and glows,
Gold-amber, amber-rose,
In melody mute.
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You got me fascinated too !!! I've always admired these men ! Very interesting and great post
jendayee · 2007-09-02: 15:08
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Yes, this is totally fascinating! I have always loved things made of glass....It's really interesting to see the process of making it!
Carley · 2007-09-02: 17:42
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Nice set, thanks for sharing
tricky · 2007-09-02: 19:34
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In my next life I will marry a glass-maker, who will blowing every day for me !! ;-))
SilkeHoltmann · 2007-09-03: 02:14
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what a lovely overview! gorgeous shots
magpy · 2007-09-04: 19:00
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