Creative Glass Serbia

Creative Glass Serbia is an initiative dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the glassmaking tradition of Paraćin – a heritage that is now largely fragmented and at risk. It connects glassmaking heritage, the creative economy, artistic crafts, and industry to safeguard glassmaking knowledge and skills while reinterpreting them through contemporary creative practices.

Founded with the vision of preserving the tradition and industrial legacy of Paraćin glassmaking, the initiative aims to revitalize it through creative approaches and the revival of handcrafted glass production.

Our Mission

The Creative Glass of Serbia initiative inspires a new approach to interpreting, promoting, and revitalizing the industrial heritage of glassmaking through creative entrepreneurship. It aims to strengthen the connection between glassmaking, the creative economy, the local community, and various industry sectors.

Based in Paraćin – Serbia’s glassmaking capital – the initiative is an independent program rooted in the historic legacy of the Serbian Glass Factory, the birthplace of Paraćin’s glassmaking tradition.

About the Initiative 

The Creative Glass Serbia initiative is built around three core components:

Creative Glass Serbia Platform – a digital platform designed to keep glassmaking knowledge accessible to researchers, designers, artists, and craftspeople. It serves as a digital archive that facilitates knowledge transfer and encourages the reinterpretation of Serbia’s glassmaking tradition.

Creative Glass Lab – an experimental open-innovation laboratory where glassmaking techniques, objects, and patterns inspire new creative practices. Rooted in Paraćin’s glassmaking heritage, the lab supports artists, designers, and creatives in developing their own cultural expressions through glass, embracing distributed design, democratizing the creative process, and fostering a regenerative approach to handcrafted glass production.

Creative Glass Forum – an event that promotes networking and international collaboration – a place where glassmaking tradition meets creativity, inspiring new approaches to artistic and craft-based work with glass through discussions, pop-up exhibitions, panels, and workshops.

The initiative is led by the Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the direction of Dr. Hristina Mikić.