CREATIVE GLASS LAB: Create Your Own New Year’s Ornaments Inspired by the Tradition of Paraćin Glassmaking
The end of the year brings a new Creative Glass LAB. The New Year Glass Laboratory is dedicated to reinterpreting traditional motifs from Paraćin glassmaking by painting holiday ornaments. Participants will learn about the history of producing and decorating glass ornaments, as well as their stylistic features – distinctive patterns, lines, and designs that have […]
Wine Vision 2025: Where Tradition Meets Innovation
At the opening of the Wine Vision 2025 fair, we hosted a pop-up Creative Glass Lab in the Vaider pavilion of the Serbian Glass Factory. In collaboration with the Paraćin glass factory, we developed an activation program for their clients focused on the history of etching and its use in packaging.More informaiton about this event […]
Traveling Serbia: Paraćin glass has been shining for decades
Journalist Miodrag Stefanović wrote about the participation of our initiative, Creative Glass Serbia, at the International Symposium in the Czech Republic. You can read the full newspaper article to learn more about how we explored the intangible heritage of glassmaking in Paraćin and presented the traditional decoration techniques once used in the Paraćin glass factory. […]
Edition Circular Glass has been launched on UNESCO International Day of Intangible Heritage
A new edition Circular Glass has been launched on the UNESCO International Day on Intangible cultural heritage, presenting more than twenty stories of European artists who demonstrate how the intersection of the creative economy and glass art is helping to preserve the traditional glassmaking craft. Through their work, these artists explore diverse circular approaches to […]
Business Magazine: Protection of glass heritage though digitalization
VR glasses are being developed to give users an immersive experience of the handmade glassmaking process, aiming to boost the local creative economy while preserving traditional crafts and artistic knowledge,” said Prof. Dr. Hristina Mikić, director of the Creative Glass Serbia initiative, which bridges cultural heritage, creative entrepreneurship, and the business sector. Media artical: Očuvanje […]
Balkan Green Energy: Danish, Serbian, and Slovenian Researchers Create Glass Carbon Footprint Calculator
A group of researchers from Serbia, Slovenia, and Denmark is developing a new, scientifically based tool for assessing environmental impact – a carbon footprint calculator for glass products. This calculator could help reduce total greenhouse gas emissions from this sector to zero. The project, “Glassmaking Tradition Meets Innovation”, is being conducted by Kreativno središče Center […]
FONET: Preserving Handmade Glass Production
Digitalization is the only way to preserve the intangible cultural heritage of handmade glass production in Serbia, which, after more than 100 years of tradition, is gradually disappearing, organizers announced today at the conference “Creative Economy and Intangible Cultural Heritage.” News: FONET, 21.10.2025. novinarka: Andrijana Milaćević Vukosavljević
Glass Therapy: A Hit in America
RTS: Glassmaking Crafts Help Reduce Stress
Breaking glass as a means to relieve stress and rebuild self-confidence is no longer just a metaphor. Therapies combining art, psychological support, and craftsmanship are already popular in the United States and Germany. Now, this unusual method is coming to Serbia, blending the tradition of glassmaking with modern approaches to trauma treatment. Full article available […]
POLITIKA: Green transformation of glassmaking crafts
A team of researchers from Serbia, Denmark, and Slovenia is developing a carbon footprint calculator for artistic glass products. This tool aims to support the green transformation of traditional glassmaking crafts. Media article available on: “Naši istraživači prave kalkulator ugljeničnog otiska” u Politici br. 40153 od 17.09.2025.