Verre Eglomisé ²⁰⁰³

Since 2001, Barbara Nanning has been travelling every year to Nový Bor in the Czech Republic. There, together with specialized glassblowers, carvers, and gilders, she creates objects like this one. The glass is rotated during the blowing process, which is preserved during solidification. The inside is coated with gold leaf (‘verre églomisé’), a complex and labour-intensive technique that Czech glassblowers master like no other.