House that once belonged to Antonín Nežerka, now owned by Jana Poláková's family, before the retrofit, 2002

House that once belonged to Antonín Nežerka, now owned by Jana Poláková's family, after the retrofit, 2005

David Ševčík in 2024

David Ševčík at the Lasvit Ajeto glassworks, 2021

Lasvit Ajeto glassworks in Lindava that David Ševčík manages, photographed during the XIVth International Glass Symposium IGS, 2021

Lasvit Ajeto Glassworks regularly takes part in the International Glass Symposium (IGS) during which leading designers create their glass pieces. Among them is the renowned artist and sculptor Kurt Gebauer

David Ševčík gained experience making slumped and flat glass from Jaroslav Švácha, the owner of TGK in Skalice near Česká Lípa, who is pictured here.

The legendary glass designer Bořek Šípek was the artistic director of Ajeto, the glassworks where David Ševčík is now the director. Some of Šípek's designs are now in the Lasvit Ajeto gallery and admired by thousands of visitors a year.

Glassmaking shop at Lasvit Ajeto where visitors can admire the work of artisan glassmakers

David Ševčík has a stable team of top glassmakers, cutters and other craftsmen at Lasvit Ajeto; they make the designs of renowned designers reality

The Lasvit Ajeto Glassworks Gallery presents works by prominent glass artists and glassmaking symposia attendees from all over the world

David Ševčík in 2024

Miroslav Štrobl with his family as a child, 1950s

Miroslav Štrobl during his military service, 1965

Miroslav Štrobl at the Spartakiada, 1975

Miroslav Štrobl in the 1980s

Miroslav Štrobl as an actor, 1980s-1990s

Miroslav Štrobl in Kutná Hora theatre, 1980s-1990s

Tyl Theatre in Kutná Hora, 2003

Miroslav Štrobl as a presenter for the Cabel Plus television company, 1990s

Miroslav Štrobl, current photo

Michal Hecht at a solo performance at the Luks Theatre in Pilsen, 1980s

Michal Hecht during a solo pantomime performance, 1990s

Michal Hecht at an amateur theatre performance in Pilsen, 1980

Solo pantomime performances of Michal Hecht between 1998 and 2014