Colorless glass; cast, engraved.

"Our designs are always based on life studies. Even if the design is abstract, we believe that everything comes from life, and so the proportions are always human." –Jiří Harcuba. Jiří Harcuba specializes in portraiture. A renowned engraver and teacher, he uses sculptural and optical effects to create the facial features of his subjects. This work commemorates the Czech artist Vladimír Kopecký. For Harcuba, Kopecký represents freedom in art and in glass, and he depicts the artist with a mass of energetic cuts.