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Title: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: norman warbreck on August 06, 2009, 03:58:27 PM

a lond time ago i saw a suncatcher on the Cd and then i found this one just yesterday and thought ...Yes...its that one....but sadly not....and ideas who would have made this one.
thanks for looking
norman

Title: Re: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: Sklounion on August 06, 2009, 04:31:59 PM

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Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec

Why?
Sorry, Norman, but there are many other glass making countries, and designers, and the Czech Republic (the former Czechoslovakia) is not a prime candidate for manufacture, nor Brabec, for the design of such items. Did you czech the size on CD?

Regards,
M

Title: Re: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: NKP on August 06, 2009, 06:51:28 PM

Quote from: SkloUnion on August 06, 2009, 04:31:59 PM

Did you czech the size on CD?

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Is this - rather nice ! - suncather pressed, cast or etched ?

Title: Re: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: norman warbreck on August 07, 2009, 07:17:46 AM

definitely not etched-...looks pressed to me...how would i tell if it was cast ?
thanks
norman

Title: Re: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: Pinkspoons on August 07, 2009, 07:36:19 AM

It will be hand-pressed - a gob of glass will have been poured on to a marver and then pressed into with a patterned mould. Not unlike cutting cookies.

The design rather reminds me of suncatchers produced by Walther Kristall during the 1980s-90s - but it would be hard to tell for sure without a label.

Title: Re: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: norman warbreck on August 07, 2009, 09:42:06 AM

thanks for that.....well now that i have looked up cast glass process....it seems like it could be cast as the decoration is raised....so probably a lost wax process.

Title: Re: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 07, 2009, 09:56:49 AM

The lost-wax process is only used for one-off items, NOT for something like this.

Title: Re: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: Pinkspoons on August 07, 2009, 12:58:10 PM

The fact that the design is off-centred on the suncatcher indicates that it was hand-pressed rather than cast.

Title: Re: Suncatcher....reminds me of Jiri Brabec
Post by: norman warbreck on August 07, 2009, 03:40:23 PM

thank u so much for all the information....just been looking at examples of lost wax process...and this is definetly not that....so i have learnt something by simply looking and also help from the board...so its as i had first thought that benn pressed glass...
many tks once again
norman