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JOLANA ČTVRTEČKOVÁ
She was born in Brno, Czech Republic in 1964. After graduation from the Art-Industrial Glass Institute in Kamenicky Senov she worked for 2 years as a glass engraver in the famous Moser Glassworks in Karlovy Vary. Jolana continued her education at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague under Vratislav Karel Novak where she studied glass design and glyptic and later metal art design and jewelry. She graduated in 1991.
Recently, Jolana taught sculpturing at the School of Graphic Designs in Liberec. She completed various art and graphics design projects and participated in several jewelry exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Jolana is a co-founder of SkloAtelier Evans and is currently working as a general designer.
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CHIP SCARBOROUGH
In 1972 he and his family relocated to Northern California. Here he has painted, worked as a steel fabricator, machine designer, kiln builder and completed commissioned works of sculpture, jewelry and installation pieces.
Since 1991 he has worked as Chief Designer for Evans Designs, a major force in the ceramics and glass sectors of the global accessory markets. In 1997 he started contributing to Fusion Z.
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TONY EVANS
As the founder and president of Evans Designs, Tony has mastered Ceramics, mainly the Raku process, as well as Slumped Glass and other mixed mediums. Intrigued with Blown Art Glass, Tony established a glass blowing studio
within Evans Design in 1996. This interest in glassblowing encouraged Tony and his partners to establish a new company specializing in unique California art glass designs which would be hand blown in Europe, mainly in the Czech Republic, by the old-world glass masters.
Both, Evans Designs and Fusion Z now enjoy having Tony not only as their president and the CEO but also as a vital part of their Design teams.
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JIŘÍ PAČÍNEK
1987 - 1991 Jiri studied glass blowing at the Glass Blowing Apprenticeship School in the Czech Republic. He started his work experience at the Chribska Glassworks, which was founded in 1414.
In 1989, right after the Velvet revolution, world known glass master Petr Novotny and renowned designer Borek Sipek established Ajeto, a new Art Glass Studio. Ajeto has since grown in to a reputable 5 team studio that works with the elite of European artists and designers. They were in search of young talent and Jiri Pacinek was one of them. He was drafted by Novotny in 1994 as an assistant of glassblower. Pacinek worked hard to master his glass blowing skills and further his artistic creativity. As a part of his professional training, he was sent to various glassworks in the Czech Republic and a 3 months stay in the USA. In 1996 Pacinek became the youngest Glass Master in Ajeto, possibly in the Czech Republic, managing a team of 3 talented glassblowers.
Pacinek's personal works include a vast array of designs. As a junior champion in wrestling, he prefers more massive designs which he manages to present with a unique softness. He works with many famous designers from all over the world and regularly takes part in Glass Symposiums in the Czech Republic, Germany and Holland. His creativity, talent, love for the media, "bullish" personality and his young age are the most desirable qualities for his further development as a Glass master and an artist.
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