Czech glassmakers have a great chance of getting on the UNESCO world cultural heritage list. The nomination is currently being processed by the Museum of Glass and Jewelery in Jablonec nad Nisou. Although we have many world-renowned glassmakers, they are fighting for survival here for a long time.
Czech glassmakers have proven many times that they are world class. For example, the fifty-meter dragons decorating the Pacific Casino are proud of two titles - the biggest light fixture and the jewel of the planet. "The fitters suffered from seasickness," admitted Martin Šikola, managing director of the Lasvit company.
The glassmakers from Železnobrodsk in turn produced the largest piece of fused glass in the world - a seven-ton sarcophagus for Queen Margareta II of Denmark.
And glassmakers from Polevsko made exact copies of the destroyed chandeliers of Wieser's house in the Terezin Fortress. They had to proceed very carefully and revive the old glassmaking techniques. "The painful past is there, and we are very happy that we can turn that history into something beautiful," confided the director of the Ave Clara glass factory, Adéla Šifová.
The Jablonec Museum of Glass and Jewelery will process the nomination of Czech glassmakers for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Site for about a year. "From blowing, through grinding, engraving, costume jewelry, Christmas decorations... It should help the glass craft. It's something exclusive that people all over the world will appreciate," said Petr Nový from the Jablonec Museum of Glass and Costume Jewelry.
"Finally, someone thought of it. It will help us, because the world will know about us - that it exists here, works and that they will come here to see us," boasted Jiří Pačinek, an artistic glassblower from Kunratic near Cvikov.
The year 2022, when the Czech glassmakers will be decided, will also be the international year of glassmaking. It would be a great advertisement for the Czech Republic in the world.
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