I have been feeling like the first featured artist of the new decade should be something really exceptional, so when I came across the remarkable glass art by Pavel Novak, I knew my search was over. The artist, formerly of the Czech Republic, currently resides in New Jersey. You know what that means? I might actually get to see his work in person! Road trip!

Novak uses a combination of glass techniques to achieve his beautiful, color-changing optical glass pieces including grinding, polishing, laminating, coloring, and sand blasting. To get those gorgeous slices of color, once the piece’s shape has been formed, the artist cuts it into pieces, then reattaches them using colored epoxy. I am positively in love with his choice of colors and his strong, dramatic angles. Novak applies those same techniques to jewelry pieces, too. So striking!

You can see more of Pavel Novak’s amazing cold worked glass on his website and on Facebook.

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Glass artist and jeweler Pavel Novak exhibited his stunning work at LPAF 2015. Pavel was born and raised in the Czech Republic, a country with a long tradition of beautiful glass made with impeccable craftsmanship. His sculpture and jewelry are made from the highest grade of optical glass which is ground, polished, laminated, colored, and sand blasted. Pieces that will become jewelry are also combined with sterling silver that has been hand fabricated. Every piece is one of a kind, and is the result of hours of labor. http://pavelnovakglass.com/ #pavelnovak #artglass #artfestival #lancasterpa

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Atom, 2017 by #PavelNovak ______________________________________________ #artglass #glasssculpture #sculpture #glassdesign #interiordesign #contemporaryart #contemporaryglass #contemporaryglassart #blownglass #fineart #fineartgallery #artgallery #fineartglass #fineartcollector #schantzgalleries #intheberkshires

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Originally from the Czech Republic, a country with a long tradition of beautiful glass made with impeccable craftsmanship, Pavel Novak crafts immaculate cold-worked glass sculptures that change as light hits them and as you look at them from a different angle, always presenting something new. https://lovettsgallery.com/artists/paul-novak Red Helix – Cold Cast Glass #PavelNovak #Glass #Decorative #FineArtGallery #ArtoftheDay

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Tesseract, 2019 by #PavelNovak | Cast, coldworked, polished, laminated optical glass, 7 x 7 x 7" | please contact the gallery for more information or additional images. | open 10:30 am – 5 pm, closed Wednesdays.

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Glass artist and jeweler Pavel Novak will exhibit his stunning work at LPAF 2016. Pavel was born and raised in the Czech Republic, a country with a long tradition of beautiful glass made with impeccable craftsmanship. His sculpture and jewelry are made from the highest grade of optical glass which is ground, polished, laminated, colored, and sand blasted. Pieces that will become jewelry are also combined with sterling silver that has been hand fabricated. Every piece is one of a kind, and is the result of hours of labor. http://pavelnovakglass.com/ #artfestival #lancasterpa #pavelnovak

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Hologram, 2018 by #PavelNovak | please contact the gallery for more information or additional images. | closed Wednesday open Thursday through Tuesday 10:30-5 pm. _______ #SchantzGalleries #InTheBerkshires #artglass #Massachusetts #glassart #artglass #glassblowing #blownglass #contemporaryglass #contemporaryart #contemporaryglassart #design #glassdesign #interiordesign #sculpture #glasssculpture

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Glass artist and jeweler Pavel Novak exhibited his stunning work at LPAF 2015. Pavel was born and raised in the Czech Republic, a country with a long tradition of beautiful glass made with impeccable craftsmanship. His sculpture and jewelry are made from the highest grade of optical glass which is ground, polished, laminated, colored, and sand blasted. Pieces that will become jewelry are also combined with sterling silver that has been hand fabricated. Every piece is one of a kind, and is the result of hours of labor. http://pavelnovakglass.com/ #pavelnovak #artglass #artfestival #lancasterpa

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Should have gotten the fingerprints off of this one before it was photographed, but you get the idea! #pavelnovak #sculpture #optical #coldworking #glass #theglassundergroundnj

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Glass artist and jeweler Pavel Novak will exhibit his stunning work at LPAF 2016. Pavel was born and raised in the Czech Republic, a country with a long tradition of beautiful glass made with impeccable craftsmanship. His sculpture and jewelry are made from the highest grade of optical glass which is ground, polished, laminated, colored, and sand blasted. Pieces that will become jewelry are also combined with sterling silver that has been hand fabricated. Every piece is one of a kind, and is the result of hours of labor. http://pavelnovakglass.com/ #artfestival #lancasterpa #pavelnovak

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Happy Friday, art lovers! This #FeaturedArtFriday, we’re highlighting the 2017 #PMACraftShow Excellence in #Glass winner, Pavel Novak Glass. Don’t you just love how the colors pop? #artbyhand #pavelnovakglass #glassblowing #glassware #craftphiladelphia

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Mirage 2019 by #PavelNovak | Cast, coldworked, polished, laminated optical glass 6.75 x 6.75 x 6.75" | Please contact the gallery for more information or additional images. | Open daily 10 am – 5 pm. _______ #SchantzGalleries #InTheBerkshires #artglass #Massachusetts #glassart #artglass #glassblowing #blownglass #contemporaryglass #contemporaryart #contemporaryglassart #design #glassdesign #interiordesign #sculpture #glasssculpture

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