Motivated by the desire to take on new challenges, Barbara has journeyed every year since 2001 to Novy Bor in the Czech Republic. The possibilities as regards finishing, such as grinding, polishing and gilding offer a great challenge in Novy Bor, a bulwark of glass decoration.
Classical Bohemian glass cutting, decorative Japanese flower motifs inspired by kimonos, the world of modern optical glass, but also nature and crystallography turn up in surprising combinations. Elements include the sparkling prisms adorning the inner surfaces of objects – as if jewels that have sprouted spontaneously, grown from the crystalline structure of the glass.
