Precious stones from the Bohemian Paradise

The brothers Jan and Václav Fišers from Turnov. Their alleged voyage to Venice, five years of efforts to seize the local secret of secrecy, return to Turnov, dozens of wasted attempts and then - finally success! In 1711 they made the first glass for the production of artificial stones.

THE GLASSHOUSE IN NOVÝ SVĚT

It was in 1712, when Elias Müller built his glassworks on the estate of the Harrach Counts in Jilemnice. It continued in the traditional production of glass, which was produced on the border of the Giant Mountains and the Jizera Mountains in the middle of the 14th century. Even today, you can see not only metallurgical production and blowing glass, but also a hundred-year-old grinding shop. It is driven by a water turbine and transmissions used to distribute the driving force.

ELIAS PALME

Elias Palme, one of the most famous luminaire manufacturers, continued the tradition of chandeliers in Kamenický Šenov. Industrial production of chandeliers was started in 1724 by Josef Palme in Prácheň.

ELDORADO OF BEADS AND SEED BEADS

Surely you would not find in the whole Principle and in the broad surroundings of a person who would say a crooked word about Jan Šourek. After all, it was as if he had come to the Principle of Prosperity and Welfare. As soon as he took possession of the reeve, life in the village began to turn for the better. He was one of the first to venture into the world for business.

JOSEF RIEDEL

Josef Riedel, king of the Jizera Mountains glassmakers, was born in Hejnice in 1816. He was the representative of the sixth generation of the glass family and imprinted his footprint indelibly on the slopes of the Jizera Mountains.

FRIEDRICH EGERMANN

JOSEF PFEIFFER

Josef Pfeiffer - Jablonec entrepreneur and mayor, who was involved in the development of jewelery exports. Everything is confirmed at the imperial court and in 1866 Jablonec became a town during his reign.

BLOWN BEAD and its way to the tree

People can make sense of time and numbers, but not us, beads. However, I have heard that they have been blowing me in the mountains for more than a hundred years. As a bead would put it, that is a long time. You, who have never seen how a bead is born, you don´t know how beautiful life can be....

MELTED GLASS SCULPTURE

In 1920 the first Czech glass school was founded in Železný Brod, thanks to which the town became a center of glass art.

Masai Bracelets Workshop Special evening singing tour of the Crystal Temple Czech Christmas in Crystal Paradise Christmas at the Glass Cottage Advent Wednesdays at Kunc Glass Painting Christmas decorations Make your own glass jewelry or decoration! Christmas show at the steelworks We're great at Christmas! Pre-Christmas sale at Novotný Glass Christmas decorations from the region in the oldest garage in the Czech lands Christmas evening tours of the Crystal Temple Christmas crafts 2025 at the Museum of Glass and Jewelry in Jablonec nad Nisou Christmas creative workshop at the Novosad & Son Glassworks Author's exhibition: Martina Josífek Zelinková Jablonec nad Nisou City Ball 2026 – Sparkling 160 In Light of Stories Made in Jablonec 2026 Crystal sky GEN 105 - the fragility of form, the power of thought Antonín Drobník - SKLO A ŽIVOT Easter in Crystal Valley 2026 JAN EXNAR – AD ASTRA Lustrfest 2026, festival of glass and lighting YGS 2026 Beer festival at the Novosad & syn glassworks and microbrewery in Harrachov 20 LET BYSTRO DESIGN reGeneration7 - exhibition of contemporary jewellery Salon XI. CRYSTAL VALLEY WEEK 2026 Glass Town - Glass Craft Festival
13/12 13/12
Masai Bracelets Workshop
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13/12 13/12
Special evening singing tour of the Crystal Temple
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12/12 14/12
Czech Christmas in Crystal Paradise
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7/12 14/12
Christmas at the Glass Cottage
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3/12 17/12
Advent Wednesdays at Kunc Glass
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20/11 18/12
Painting Christmas decorations
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18/12 18/12
Make your own glass jewelry or decoration!
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20/12 20/12
Christmas show at the steelworks
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19/11 23/12
We're great at Christmas!
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25/11 23/12
Pre-Christmas sale at Novotný Glass
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19/11 23/12
Christmas decorations from the region in the oldest garage in the Czech lands
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20/12 27/12
Christmas evening tours of the Crystal Temple
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29/12 29/12
Christmas crafts 2025 at the Museum of Glass and Jewelry in Jablonec nad Nisou
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27/12 31/12
Christmas creative workshop at the Novosad & Son Glassworks
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19/12 5/1
Author's exhibition: Martina Josífek Zelinková
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17/1 17/1
Jablonec nad Nisou City Ball 2026 – Sparkling 160
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19/11 17/1
In Light of Stories
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28/1 28/1
Made in Jablonec 2026
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6/12 31/1
Crystal sky
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21/11 22/2
GEN 105 - the fragility of form, the power of thought
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12/12 1/3
Antonín Drobník - SKLO A ŽIVOT
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28/3 29/3
Easter in Crystal Valley 2026
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7/11 26/4
JAN EXNAR – AD ASTRA
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13/6 13/6
Lustrfest 2026, festival of glass and lighting
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18/6 21/6
YGS 2026
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18/7 18/7
Beer festival at the Novosad & syn glassworks and microbrewery in Harrachov
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13/12 13/12
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17/10 31/1
20 LET BYSTRO DESIGN
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6/11 1/2
reGeneration7 - exhibition of contemporary jewellery
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10/10 5/4
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20/3 18/4
Salon XI.
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7/11 26/4
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24/8 29/8
CRYSTAL VALLEY WEEK 2026
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19/9 20/9
Glass Town - Glass Craft Festival
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Jiřina Tauchmanová

Address

Dr.K.Tučka 69, Nová Paka
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+420603465555

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jirina@tauchmanova.cz

Opening hours

By prior arrangement, at least one week in advance

Throughout her career as a fashion designer, Jiřina Tauchmanová has encountered glass in the form of costume jewelry and fine jewelry. She gradually fell in love with glass and began to feel the need to create things of lasting value. That is why, in recent years, she has also been creating decorative and functional objects such as bowls, trays, plates, candlesticks, and paintings using the glass laying technique. From the initial idea, design, and form to the final refinement, everything comes from her hands. She loves the feeling when an idea or just a thought comes to her and she can turn it into a work of art. She sees glass as a medium for spreading beauty and joy. Visitors to the studio will see original glass works ranging from small pieces to large paintings.

Visitors will see the story of glass, which begins in the depths of the earth. Quartz grains, tiny and inconspicuous, lying for millennia in the arms of nature, are silent witnesses of time until the moment of transformation arrives. In the heat of the furnaces, the sand combines with soda and lime, and where the stone would crumble, a flowing river of fire is born - clear, molten, and pliable like hot honey. This creates a substance that is neither solid nor liquid. It is captured light, the transparent skin of the earth, a window to eternity. Glass—once smooth and flat, then shaped, bent, fragile, yet immortal, simply divinely beautiful.