Pavel Hlava (1924 – 2003) was a Czech artist and glassware designer best known for his cut and engraved glass. Hlava enhanced several innovative technologies, both in terms of conception and manufacturing. These featured melted silver leaf and other materials and skeleton moulds for shaping glass.
Education
Between 1939 – 1942 studied at the School of Glassmaking, Železny Brod and between 1943 – 1948 College of Applied Arts, Prague.
Biography
He designed numerous glass tableware items and a range of domestic cuts. He also engraved glass items, employing a wide range of colours.
Between 1952—58, was associated with Art Center for Glass Industry, Prague. From 1958, he was associated with Institute for Interior and Fashion Design. From 1969, he designed glass tableware for the Rosenthal Studio Line. In the 1980s, he actively designed large-scale abstract decorative glass objects.
In 1982, he and Stanislav Libensky organised the first international glass symposium at the Crystalex factory in Novy Bor. They planned it as a working symposium to emphasise the artistic aspects of glass blowing.
Sources
Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing. https://amzn.to/3ElmSlL
Langhamer, A. (2003). The Legend of Bohemian Glass: A Thousand Years of Glassmaking in the Heart of Europe. Czechia: Tigris.
Layton, P. (1996). Glass art. A C Black.
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