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Glass blowing workshop with Jiří Pačinek

Date: 28 October 2017 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Venue: A-11 Gallery, 2680 F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City, Manila

Czech glass artist Jiri Pacinek returned to the Philippines for the second time to conduct a glassblowing and glass sculpting demonstration at the A-11 Gallery in Pasay City.

Held on October 28, 2017, the glass blowing  event with Jiří Pačinek was organized by Eric Paras, proprietor of A-11 Gallery and a highly respected interior designer in Manila, together with Spektacularis, a platform for collaboration between Filipino designers and Czech glass masters. The works of Pacinek and of the Spektacularis team (Gabriel Lichauco, Lilianna Manahan and Stanley Ruiz) are currently on display at A-11, located within the same compound as the Henry Hotel. It is open to the public during gallery hours.

Jiří Pačinek is one of the best Czech glass artists. He was given chance to work with renowned World Glass Art legends as Bořek Šípek, René Roubíček, Leon Applebaum, Louis Sakalowski and many others. Glass Works Ajeto provided him with an extraordinary opportunity to shape his own individual style of large-scale, technically demanding decorative sculptures along with daily use wholesome glass objects, like vases and bowls.