PRECIOSA ORNELA AND PROJECT OBJECTIVE

The goal of the collaboration between Preciosa Ornela, a.s. and the Glass Studio at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Ústí nad Labem was for students to use fully compatible Liba Colors 96 glass (LC96) in innovative ways. The main emphasis in these works involved assessing the aesthetic harmony of the individual colours from the colour pallet available. All of these works can provide inspiration to other artists who would like to work with the innovative LC96 glass system. LIBA Colors 96 glass has a Coefficient of Expansion of COE 96, which is ideal for glass casting and fusing techniques undertaken in a furnace. This product has placed the company among the ranks of international producers of glass materials with this compatibility.

EXHIBITORS

Kateřina Červeňová (Fragments of Existence), Pavlína Čeřovská & Eliška Pozníková (Kontakt), Noemi Frostová (Syntéza), Nicole Jarošová (Embody), Sabina Jersáková (24 H), Zuzana Kašparová (Between Layers), LLEV (Atlas), Jeremiáš Mikloška (Whitin Form), Lenka Němcová (What Vase? That Vase.), Lea Plachá (Tvarnice), Ondřej Sláma (Tapestry), Monika Valovičová (Smotat)

REALIZAČNÍ TÝM / IMPLEMENTATION TEAM

Marcel Mochal (LLEV) / Head of the Glass Studio and Curator
Stanislav Holý / Assistant of the Glass Studio and Architect
Lenka Němcová / Workshop Management
Michaela Zdeňková (GD1) / Graphic Design
Tomáš Denk, Sarah Janoušková (AF) / Photography
Barbora Holíková (KKO), Kristýna Pesničáková (Preciosa Ornela) / Production

EXHIBITION PARTNER

Preciosa Ornela

CONTACT

MgA. Stanislav Holý
Assistant of the Glass Studio
stanislav.holy@ujep.cz
+420 739 374 404

WEB / www.fud.ujep.cz/ateliery/sklo/
IG / @sklo_fud_ujep

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FRAGMENTS OF EXISTENCE
KATEŘINA ČERVEŇOVÁ

Fragments of Existence is a series of imaginary figures that tell a story of transformation, transience, and irreversibility. They capture traces of moments that stay with us long after
they pass.
 

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SYNTÉZA
NOEMI FROSTOVÁ

This project focuses on finding new technological intersections in glass through rarely combined techniques. By merging the clean surfaces of cast glass with hand-cut segments and slumped shapes, we create objects that open an engaging visual dialogue. 

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EMBODY
NICOLE JAROŠOVÁ

Embody stems from the idea of physicality — the concept that through our bodies, we perceive, experience, and connect with the world around us. Through its appearance and interactive element, it invites us to pause and return to our own bodies.

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WHAT VASE? THAT VASE.
LENKA NĚMCOVÁ

The iconic Panelák vase by Jiří Zejmon, reworked after its most famous movie role… with a spoon that isn’t there. 

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BETWEEN LAYERS
ZUZANA KAŠPAROVÁ

This piece draws on the natural growth of stalactites and their gradual formation over time, as material slowly accumulates, builds up in layers, and leaves a trace of its own creation. A crosssection of the object reveals its hidden core as well as its growth layers from oldest to newest, uncovering a record of time embedded in the material’s structure.

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TVARNICE
LEA PLACHÁ

Two objects based on the same curves. While the first shape evokes a naturally formed rock, the second develops the same geometry through layers reminiscent of contour lines. Together, they reveal two forms of a single shape — a landscape as a natural formation, and a landscape as a human record. 

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SMOTAT
MONIKA VALOVIČOVÁ

Glass coasters featuring the texture of a coiled and knotted rope, creating perfect little pockets to catch condensation from your drink or small fruits. These coasters are for anyone who climbs walls, sails seas, jumps rope, or simply loves ropes and knots.

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WITHIN FORM
JEREMIÁŠ MIKLOŠKA

The bowl is a record of a dialogue between shape, time, and layering, which imprints into the colored structure of the glass. It is a reflection that the final form does not emerge from a single gesture, but rather through gradual layering and the revealing of its own structure, where shape and identity are created by the sum of acquired experiences.

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ATLAS
LLEV

Through this object, we are reminded that thanks to the sun, human connection, friendship, and love, we can bear whatever life puts in our path. We tell the story of a person — of Atlas — of all of us who face the weight of the heavens and the noise of this world, which distracts us from what truly matters with a flood of information. The individual layers and shades of glass embody energy — an energy  that remains with us until the very end as our inner light.

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KONTAKT
PAVLÍNA ČEŘOVSKÁ & ELIŠKA POZNÍKOVÁ

Project Kontakt combines a solid wooden frame with the organic, air-sculpted texture of cast glass. The resulting piece of furniture embodies the meeting of two contrasting structures, as well as our first real contact with traditional craftsmanship.