designed by Stanislaw KOWALCZYK (b. 1947), Janusz KAZANECKI (1950-2021), Carafe from the "Mimosa" series

Hand-molded glass, surface colored with metal oxides; height 27.5 cm
Hortensja Commercial Glassworks, 1970s.

Janusz Kazanecki 1950-2021
Born in 1950 in Świeradów Zdrój. He was a graduate of the High School of Fine Arts and the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wroclaw (now the Academy of Fine Arts), Department of Glass and Ceramics Design. He received his diploma in 1976 with a specialty in glass design. From 1976 to 1991, he was employed at the "Hortensja" Commercial Glassworks in Piotrkow, first as a glass designer, then as manager of the design center. Janusz Kazanecki was the author of several hundred compositions of unique glass and utility paraunikat present on the market. His works are in state and private collections, in Poland and abroad, including Greece, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Canada and the USA.
He has received several awards and honors for his achievements in the field of art, including being the winner of the "Golden Pegasus" in the Polish Television Glassworks Competition (1986). In 2007 he was awarded the Silver Medal for Merit to Piotrkow Trybunalski, and in 2016 the Gold Medal.
The Piotrkow artist has presented his works at more than 30 collective and individual exhibitions at home and abroad - in Germany, Mexico, Sweden and Spain. Also at expositions of household glass at the International Fair in Poznan. (Piotrowski Glass Artists)
Stanislaw Kowalczyk 1944-1978
Born in 1944 in Siemianice. Graduated from the State High School of Fine Arts in Wroclaw in 1963. From 1963 to 1969 he studied at the State Higher School of Visual Arts in Wroclaw (now the Academy of Fine Arts), at the Faculty of Painting, Graphic Arts and Sculpture with the Study of Ceramics and Glass and defended his diploma with a specialization in Glass Design. He completed part of his diploma work in the field of utility glass - household glass at HSG "Hortensja".
Since 1970, he has been employed at the Piotrków glassworks as a glass designer.
Participated in exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including the National Exhibition of Artistic and Applied Glass in Katowice in 1974, Konfrontacje - Szkło i Ceramika in Warsaw in 1975, Biennale of Art "Sport in Fine Arts", Madrid, 1974, International Triennale of Glass and Porcelain, Jablonec, 1973 and 1976. In 1970-1976, his works were regularly shown at trade and exhibition events organized by the "Minex" Head Office. (Piotrowski Glass Artists)