I found a show on Netflix called Blown Away, which is a competition between glass blowers. I really enjoyed the show and wanted to get a chance to go to the hot shop. My boyfriend knew this, so for our one year anniversary he bought an experience for us at Pačinek glass. We had to wait until restrictions were eased a bit to go. Since we were going to blow glass, we of course needed to have a negative Covid test. It was my first time taking the antigen test and it was super easy. With our negative tests in hand, we were on our way to have an AMAZING experience. When we first arrived the hot shop, we met with the owner, Jiri Pačinek, his assistants and another couple who was going to enjoy the experience as well. We broke off into "teams" and first Leoš and I got to work with Jiri. I got to pick which painting he was going to make into a sculpture. That was really cool. While he was making it we got to help him out. I had to hold onto the stick with the figure while he took a phone call and Leoš got to really get into it and use the torch. It was so great to say that we helped him with his piece. During our lunch break we walked around the glass garden and enjoyed the views. After lunch we worked with a young female artist to make our creations. First we made a sample piece all on our own and then we got to come up with an idea of what we wanted to create. I was going to a painting course the next day and had an image of a sunset on a beach in my hometown. I wanted to go with the same kind of theme, so I came up with the idea of waves and a whale. It was really cool to be able to choose the colors and theme of the item. The vase part included bubbles that look really cool. After our day in the hot shop was done, we went to the Crystal Temple. The church was filled with Pačinek's work. Everything was so beautiful. I enjoyed the day so much, that I recommended my parents to go (also so that they could pick up my piece). When my parents went Pačinek recognized my mom and said nice things about me and Leoš. It was very nice to hear. I will def go back again, but I will need to take some time to think of my next creation! Thanks for such a wonderful day and experience Pačinek!!!!! (Pictures are out of order because they are from my phone and Leoš's phone. This was so great because it was the first time since November where I was able to get someone to wear my glasses again (and from a world class artist as well!))
best pic helping out
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