Thinking in Glass: Vaclav Cigler and His School

Thinking in Glass is the first Dutch study of modern glass art from Slovakia. The internationally renowned Czech designer Vaclav Cigler (1929), who founded the Glass Architecture Department in the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava in 1965, is regarded as the father of contemporary Slovak glass art. He trained a generation of glass artists who gave form in subtle ways to the phenomenon of optical glass which is so typical of the Slovak contribution to international glass art. This English-Dutch publication brings the most important representatives of Slovak glass under the spotlight. Their training and the nature of their work are explored in detailed monographs. More than 100 breathtaking photographs provide a crystal-clear picture of Slovak glass art.