“ANGEL OF PEACE”

“ANGEL OF PEACE”

On May 24-Th, the Day of Slavic Letters and Bulgarian culture, as a member of the Bulgarian Church delegation invited to the yearly celebration in Rome I was honoured to be received by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. On this occasion I offered to the Holy Father a glass sculpture of an Angel stepping down to earth among people “Angel” III....
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BULGARIAN GLASS – TRADITION AND MODERNITY

BULGARIAN GLASS – TRADITION AND MODERNITY

BULGARIAN GLASS – TRADITION AND MODERNITY Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Fellow Artists, It is the first time when in such a number we, Bulgarian artists in glass, have taken part in such as a representative forum. Here we can show not only our art, but also share our searching for as well as our problems that are to a great extent identical with the common problems with glass art in Europe. In searching for the European glass movement's paths of development, it will be easier to orientate yourself if you have good peripheral vision. In this sense, you can take my point of view as part of a more-whole view of a wider and full picture of the development and condition of the European glass arena at the moment. In 2002, receiving the title of Doctor honoris causa of the Sofia University, the great writer, journalist and expert on the globalization process Rishard Kapuschinski, stated in his lecture that in the centre of...
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Glass as magic reality

Glass as magic reality

Glass as magic reality Glass is transparent and resonant. It is massive and brilliant. It is incarnated in a rich variety of forms, colors, optical effects and illusions. It exists to become art. Glass is synthetic but tolerant form of art where light and transparency meet each other to become one. Graceful plasticity and artistry meet the latest technological achievements. But first and foremost the emotional impact of its all components, make me claim that glass is living in warm substance, it comes from our past to mold the future. More than twenty years I have been in touch with the exceptional plastic opportunities afforded by glass. I have had the lucky destiny to study and to develop myself guided by leading specialists in Czech Republic, in Poland and France, in schools rich in traditions and prestige. Although I have always had good reasons to be proud with the fact that I have received an excellent grounding in plasticity in Bulgaria and...
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