In 2008 The Glass Circle visited the Czech republic.
As well as visiting museums and working glasshouses we also visited this small cottage workshop where beads were being stamped and pierced by this old but still very efficient machine.
After the fall of communism many workers moved away from large factories, many miles away from their homes, and returned to traditional methods of working.
After the visit we were offered some extraordinarily goodhome made plum brandy. |