Petrán Sklo

Petrán Sklo (also presented as Sklo Petr s.r.o.) is a Czech glassmaking studio and family business based in Jesenný-Bohuňovsko, in the foothills of the Jizera Mountains near the Kamenice river. According to its official website, the company is a direct manufacturer and seller of glass products made by hand in its own glassworks. It combines traditional glassmaking techniques with modern technologies such as electric glass melting. Glass is blown into wooden beech and metal moulds and shaped by hand using a glassblower's pipe, metal tools and other hand implements, so that each piece differs in detail as a mark of originality and handwork. The studio's design work is led primarily by Ak. Mal. Zdeněk Petr and MgA. Jakub Petr, and the company describes itself as a family firm in which all family members take part. Its stated philosophy is ecologically sustainable glass production using energy from its own small hydroelectric power station, MVE Jesenný Bohuňovsko č. 16 on the Kamenice river, which springs in the Jizera Mountains. The website says this concept was prepared and built over more than 20 years, with water and nature shaping the family's lifestyle and work. Petrán Sklo operates a small hydroelectric plant on the Kamenice river, in operation since 2004. The reconstruction of the original equipment, including Francis turbines from 1905, was intended from the outset as a supporting energy source for glass production at the place of origin. The company sells through its own e-shop and presents its collections and individual pieces (solitéry) online. Its output is positioned as handcrafted Czech glass with an emphasis on originality, colour, form and sustainability.

Petrán Sklo is a Czech glassmaking family business based in Jesenný-Bohuňovsko, near the Jizera Mountains and the Kamenice river. Its official website presents the studio as a place where time, nature and human hands have combined, in a region where glass has been at home for centuries. The company describes itself as a direct manufacturer and seller of glass products made by hand in its own glassworks. It uses traditional glassmaking procedures alongside modern technologies such as electric glass melting. The glass is blown into wooden beech and metal moulds and worked by hand with a glassblower's pipe, metal tools and other hand tools, giving each piece individual details that testify to its originality and the glassmaker's hand. The studio's design work is carried out mainly by Ak. Mal. Zdeněk Petr and MgA. Jakub Petr. The company is a family firm in which all family members participate. Its stated philosophy is ecologically sustainable glass production using energy from its own small hydroelectric power station, MVE Jesenný Bohuňovsko č. 16 on the Kamenice river, which springs in the Jizera Mountains. The website states that this concept was prepared and built over more than 20 years, with water and nature determining the family's lifestyle and work. A key element of the business is the small hydroelectric plant on the Kamenice river, in operation since 2004. The reconstruction of the original equipment, including Francis turbines from 1905, was intended from the beginning as a supporting energy source for glass production directly at the place of origin. The company sells its products through its own e-shop and presents its collections and individual pieces online. While the exact founding year of the glassworks is not given in the available evidence, the website's account places the studio within a long local glassmaking tradition and a decades-long effort to link glass production with renewable energy.

• 2004

  Small hydroelectric power station on the Kamenice river begins operation

• Original equipment including Francis turbines from 1905 reconstructed as a supporting energy source for glass production

Handcrafted Czech glass produced with traditional techniques and sustainable hydroelectric energy.

• Handmade glassware

  Glass products blown into wooden beech and metal moulds and shaped by hand.

• Glass collections

  Designed primarily by Zdeněk Petr and Jakub Petr.

• Individual glass pieces (solitéry)

  Unique pieces differing in detail as a mark of handwork.

1. 1Sklo Petr s.r.o. | řemeslná výroba českého sklasklopetr-iris.cz
2. 2Petrán Sklo - Wikidatawikidata.org