Urbanglass - Karel a Eva Urbanovi
The small family company was founded by Mr. and Mrs. Urban in 1991. Our main business is the production and design of glass figurines. Over the years of working together we have become an inseparable, compact team. From the very beginning we pay attention to detail, artistic impression and overall precise processing of each product. Our whole professional life is based on the production of exclusively Czech glass, we cooperate with Czech craftsmen and manufacturers, we do our best to promote this traditional craft all over the country and we hope that thanks to our efforts and love for this glass industry, at least something of this quite unique craft must be preserved in the future. We have found many new ways to process our own glass, we are trying to bring our own inventiveness to the industry, we are simply enthusiasts. Above and beyond the normal proportions of this stove-top production technology, we produce extra-large sculptures, statues, figures, etc.
In addition to the production of original animals, figures, flowers, vignettes and jewellery, glass cribs have become our pride, currently containing around 250 figures, animals, trees and various scenes. Some of the ones on display are never returned to us, most of them becoming part of private collections, smaller galleries and more prestigious museums. Other cribs are made to order and delight their owners, who can expand them every year with new and more original figures, perhaps based on their own ideas. In our modest gallery, they are on display with other glass products throughout the year, and at Advent time with other nativity scenes. During a tour, we will introduce everyone (individuals, families, schools) to the history and production of glass figurines and more. We will demonstrate our skills in practice at the glass stove, we will make almost anything on request and finally everyone can try out the work of the glassmaker himself. We are happy to pass on our experience to others. We are able to put together a programme for smaller children, we also organise presentations and demonstrations in schools. If you are interested in an unusual experience and a more detailed initiation into the field, you can book a glassmaking course and then perhaps delight your loved ones with your own product.