European Glass Lives in Craft, Art & Industry
Glass Heritage
Glass Works follows the border-crossing relations of European glass makers.
A small history of glass portraits 19 border-crossers from 5 European glass landscapes: Eastern Bavaria, Czechia, Styria, Alsace-Lorraine and Denmark. Each region features a distinctive profile in international studio glass, applied arts, high tech, refined crystal, or Scandinavian design. Travelling glass makers – crafts people, designers, artists – connect them. With their skill and creativity they keep glass heritage alive, from mediaeval times to today and into the future.
Texts and images are from the touring exhibition “Glass Works. European Glass Lives in Craft, Art and Industry”.
The touring exhibition “Glass Works. European Glass Lives in Craft, Art and Industry” was produced in 2019/2020 at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at the University of Graz, Austria, in cooperation with Bild-Werk Frauenau e.V. and numerous cooperation partners.
Curated by Lisa Eidenhammer.
Download: Text boards “border crossers”, sections from the exhibition brochure.
Texts: Lisa Eidenhammer and Katharina Eisch-Angus.
Graphics/exhibition design: Johann Zuschnegg. Translations: Mark Angus (English), Jaroslav Fait (Czech), Mai Therese Ørsted Andersen (Danish).
What Makes Glass Unique
Ein Glas – viele Hände
Bei der Glaserzeugung spielen handwerkliches Können, spezialisiertes Wissen, Arbeitsteiligkeit, ästhetischer Sinn und Kreativität zusammen.
Traditionell innovativ: Das europäische Glaserbe
Gläser repräsentieren Ideale, Bedürfnisse und den Geschmack der Zeit. Kriege, Konjunkturkrisen und die Globalisierung markieren Endpunkte und Neuanfänge.
One glass – many hands
In glass production, manual skills, specialized knowledge, division of labor, aesthetic sense and creativity all come together.
Border-crossers in Glass
Elving Runemalm / Jacob Eiler Bang
Elving Runemalm, Glasgraveur *1910 in Rövaremåla (Småland, SE) +1985 in Vedbæk (DK)
Jacob Eiler Bang, Designer, Architekt *1899 in Frederiksberg (DK), +1965 in Kongens Lyngby (DK)
Conradus Glaser
Glasmaler, Glasmacher, Glasmeister, Vitreator * in Neuern im Böhmerwald (Nýrsko, CZ), + ca. 1390 in Prag
Franz Georg Kreybich
Glashändler, Glasschneider, Glasmaler
*1662 in Steinschönau (Kamenický Šenov, CZ), + 1736 ?
Jiří Harcuba / Pavlína Čambalová
Jiří Harcuba
Glasgraveur, Künstler, Medailleur, Designer *1928 in Harrachov (Harrachsdorf, CZ), +2013 in Prag
Pavlína Čambalová
Glasgraveurin, Künstlerin
*1986 in Frýdlant (CZ)
Familie Walter-Griener
Bernard Simon Walter, Elisabeth Griener, Jean Walter, Marie Walter
