working on filming virtual classes and workshops to be available end of year
working on filming virtual classes and workshops to be available end of year
My passion and love for this artform drives me to continue creating! Each piece is thought out and reflects my love for creating something of beauty to be shared with the world. Vision drives the creativity!
Resourcefulness, vision, patience and endurance drives my Creativity. Pushing myself to work in a physically demanding and challenging career while supporting my business builds my endurance, determination, and Strength.
The laser focus needed to create my artwork requires Strength of mind, body, and spirit and is essential to maintaining and building my business and professional brand. The relationships that I develop along the way makes this lifelong journey all worthwhile!
I was born in the Chicago area, but quickly learned that the cold was not for me, so at age 15, my family and I moved to Florida. After high school I was introduced to the art of flameworking and quickly discovered that I was drawn to this unique artform. As an avid entrepreneur and marketing student, I moved to St. Croix, in the US Virgin Islands to open a small gift shop featuring one-of-a-kind pieces with a sea life theme that I created in front of visitors and tourists to the island. During this time, I worked tirelessly creating and learning techniques on the torch and realized the satisfaction and fulfillment that comes with creating and selling my own work. I returned to Florida after 4 years in the islands, expanded my business and named the company The Glass Menagerie. I worked in Tarpon Springs at a small gift shop during this time as well, making countless number of pieces for tourists visiting the Sponge Docks. Between 2000 - 2015, I expanded my reach by offering my unique sculpture and jewelry to several galleries, gift shops, museums (including my signature design, the Nautilus, to the Dali Museum and Imagine Museum in St. Pete) and exhibited in 50+ art shows over 15 years. I then named my company Cech Glass, (Bohemian/Czech by nationality) and began developing my website and product line (https://melaniecechglass.com) to be able to offer my artwork to people all over the world. Since moving back to St. Petersburg, Florida in 2015, I have continued to collaborate with other artists and connect with more people in the art community. I still exhibit at several art shows a year and most recently have worked on developing workshops and virtual online courses in Beginning Techniques in Flameworked Glass Sculpture. These virtual sessions will not only teach you the skills to start your journey with glass, but they will also teach you some of the important lessons I have learned about how to rely on yourself, how to stay focused and determined and how to follow your dream and turn it into a business, a brand, and career. These online courses should be available by the end of 2020. Contact me for more information regarding my artwork, custom designs, or my virtual online sessions.
Hernando County Fine Arts Council, Brooksville, FL
"Through the fire
I make beautiful things...
Filtered through
My mind and hands.
With coral and stone
and melted glass....
Making creatures
of sea and land. "
"The Nautilus design is a symbol of life, harmony, and the perfection of nature. The Nautilus shell evokes a sense of mystery and awe. The chambers of the Nautilus shell are symbolic of growth, evolution, expansion and renewal -- the stages each person passes through life. The spiral itself is a symbol of creation, movement, fluidity and evolution. It reveals the cyclical nature of life and the relationship between unity and multiplicity. With no beginning and no end, the spiral curls eternally inward and eternally outward with continual self-creation. As a path, the spiral is both the journey home to who we really are, and the journey to be one who we will become, for they are one and the same.
It's spiral structure displays perfect mathematical proportion, sometimes called the Golden Mean or the Fibonacci Sequence. The Golden Mean number is also known as PHI. The unique thing about the Golden Mean is that it can be found incorporated in all known organic structures. Viewing the proportions of the Nautilus give us a serene sense of balance and well-being. The Golden Mean number is widely used in art, architecture, and religious symbols. It reminds us that subtle changes, one after the other, bring big results."
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