The handmade production of blown glass beads into Christmas tree decorations in Poniklá, Czech Republic, earned the craft a place on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage last year. But ...

The traditional method of producing the beads by heating and blowing air into delicate glass tubes has been practiced in the village of Ponikla since the 1870s according to Barbora Kulhava, a co-owner ...

If you own early 20th century jewelry, chances are that you may have some pieces that were made in Czechoslovakia (or Bohemia, the old name for the area that became today’s Czech Republic). For ...

Almost by accident, Marcus Newhall became fascinated by pressed glass-making in the Czech Republic, in particular the Sklo Union factories. He tells us how the fascination led to him writing a book on ...

Katara Cultural Village has inaugurated an art exhibition, 'Glass Magic of Czechia...where art meets craft', organised in collaboration with the Czech embassy in Qatar. The opening was attended by ...