Veselá světýlka

Veselá světýlka is a Czech glass art brand under which artist Libuše Laurinová presents her handmade glass products. Working from a workshop in the small town of Zásada in the Jablonec nad Nisou region, at the foot of the Jizera Mountains, she creates Christmas ornaments, decorative objects from Simax glass and ornamental candle holders. The brand is a one-woman artistic enterprise rather than an industrial manufacturer: Laurinová trained in glassmaking, worked for many years as a technical glass blower, and in 1997 became self-employed, beginning to work at a glassmaker's lamp in a family house. Her products are made from borosilicate glass, which melts at high temperatures (1200 to 2000 °C). Simax glass, containing 81% silicon dioxide, has low thermal expansion and better resistance to temperatures and thermal shocks, which is why it is used for chemical and cooking glass, as well as for candle holders and decorative glass objects. The basic raw material, a glass tube of Simax silica glass, is heated at high temperature at the glassmaker's lamp. The object is first blown or shaped from glass, and then an artist painter gives it its final form. The workshop's products have earned the Regional Product Jizera Mountains (Regionální produkt Jizerské hory) mark, awarded to original work by artists from the Jizera Mountains and Frýdlant region after meeting predefined criteria. In addition to glassmaking, the artist also bakes potato flatcakes, which she sells at presentations of craft products, for example in autumn 2018 at the Zubrnice open-air museum. Veselá světýlka products are sold at craft and Christmas markets across the Czech Republic, including events at Karlova Koruna Chateau in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, the Museum Advent Market in Hradec Králové, Liebieg Palace in Liberec, Advent markets in Svijany, and Christmas markets in Jablonec nad Nisou. The brand has also been featured on Czech Television's travel programme Toulavá kamera, which filmed at the workshop. The brand is associated with a charitable project supporting the Řetízkárna heritage site in Jáchymov, for which Laurinová encased collected nails in glass; proceeds from their sale support the restoration of the site.

Veselá světýlka is the trade name under which artist Libuše Laurinová presents her glass products. Laurinová comes from a region of glassmaking masters, where many people close to her earned their living from the fragile beauty of glass. She trained in the craft connected with this material. After many years of practice as a technical glass blower, she became self-employed in 1997 and began working at a glassmaker's lamp in a family house. Her workshop is located in the small town of Zásada in the foothills of the Jizera Mountains. There she creates various decorative objects from borosilicate glass, which melts at high temperatures (1200 to 2000 °C). Simax glass, containing 81% silicon dioxide, has low thermal expansion and better resistance to temperatures, including thermal shocks, which is why it is used for chemical and cooking glass, as well as candle holders and decorative glass objects. The basic raw material, a glass tube of Simax silica glass, is heated at high temperature at the glassmaker's lamp. The object is first blown or shaped from glass, and then an artist painter gives it its final form. The workshop's products have earned the Regional Product Jizera Mountains (Regionální produkt Jizerské hory) mark, awarded after meeting predefined criteria to original work by artists from the Jizera Mountains and Frýdlant region. In addition to glassmaking, the artist also bakes potato flatcakes, which she sells at presentations of craft products, for example in autumn 2018 at the Zubrnice open-air museum. Veselá světýlka products are sold at craft and Christmas markets across the Czech Republic, including events at Karlova Koruna Chateau in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, the Museum Advent Market in Hradec Králové, Liebieg Palace in Liberec, Advent markets in Svijany, and Christmas markets in Jablonec nad Nisou. The brand has also been featured on Czech Television's travel programme Toulavá kamera, which filmed at the workshop. The brand is associated with a charitable project supporting the Řetízkárna heritage site in Jáchymov, for which Laurinová encased collected nails in glass; proceeds from their sale support the restoration of the site.

• 2018

  The artist sold potato flatcakes at the Zubrnice open-air museum in autumn.

• 2013

  Czech Television's Toulavá kamera featured the workshop in a segment on Christmas candle holders.

• 1997

  Libuše Laurinová became self-employed and began working at a glassmaker's lamp in a family house.

Handmade Czech glass art from the Jizera Mountains, carrying the Regional Product Jizera Mountains mark.

• Christmas ornaments

  Handmade glass Christmas decorations.

• Simax glass decorative objects

  Decorative objects made from Simax borosilicate glass.

• Ornamental candle holders

  Decorative glass candle holders.

• Potato flatcakes

  Baked goods sold at craft presentations.

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2. 2Veselá světýlkawikidata.org
3. 3Veselá světýlkacs.wikipedia.org