Glass and Jewelry Making in Jablonec
Posted by Maria on July 20th, 2009 in 2009: Prague, Kai & Eidan: 2009
This post is by Maria, describing their trip last week to the Czech town of Jablonec.
 Video – Kai makes a glass bead
Video – Kai makes a glass bead17-Jul-2009 02:51
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 Video – Tai tries his hand at glass making – halfway through you can see him operating the bellows with his feet
Video – Tai tries his hand at glass making – halfway through you can see him operating the bellows with his feet17-Jul-2009 02:58
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Today, the students and the boys and I took a trip to Northern Bohemia to a town called Jablonec. It is the traditional center of glass and jewelry making in the Czech lands. Glass jewelry (beads, e.g.) was an industry hit on by the German-speaking Sudetenlanders faced with little arable land and not much in the way of natural resources except vast hardwood forests that provided the fuel needed for the glass furnaces. After World War II, the Germans were expelled, sometimes brutally, from Sudetenland, leaving behind many of the traditional methods for glass beading and metallurgy. A man named Libos Stryncl, whose family has been in the glass pressing trade for generations, has maintained in his home a museum of traditional methods. He provided us with a fascinating and fun look at the family-based industry. These days, the largest companies like Jablonex and Preciosa no longer outsource the work as a cottage trade. Stryncl is trying hard to preserve the traditions.
Arriving at Jablonec16-Jul-2009 19:33, SONY DSC-W55, 7.1, 6.3mm, 0.006 sec, ISO 100
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Mr Stryncl’s glass-making cottage16-Jul-2009 22:19, SONY DSC-W55, 7.1, 6.3mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 100
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The grounds near the cottage16-Jul-2009 22:20, SONY DSC-W55, 7.1, 6.3mm, 0.006 sec, ISO 100
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16-Jul-2009 22:49, SONY DSC-W55, 7.1, 6.3mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 100
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Libos Stryncl – last of a dying breed16-Jul-2009 22:45, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1000
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Kai marveling at a freshly crafted bead16-Jul-2009 22:47, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 640
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Kai tries his hand at bead making16-Jul-2009 22:50, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 1000
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Glass rods ready to be shaped in beads, jewelry, and other decorative items16-Jul-2009 22:55, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.05 sec, ISO 1000
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Molds for the glass beads16-Jul-2009 22:46, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 320
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One of Mr. Stryncl’s glass creations16-Jul-2009 22:32, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 100
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Another of Mr. Stryncl’s creations16-Jul-2009 22:34, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 100
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Eidan at the glass making cottage16-Jul-2009 22:50, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 250
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Kai admiring another of Mr. Stryncl’s creations16-Jul-2009 22:52, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 500
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Glass portraits16-Jul-2009 22:55, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 160
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