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MARIONETTES MICHAEL

Jilská 22, 110 00, Prague 1
Phone:+420 224 234 947
Web: www.marionettesmichael.cz

A specialized marionette shop with twenty years of tradition, with all pieces made exclusively by Czech artists and carvers. Art marionettes, collectibles, as well as puppets for fun and for children to play with. Open daily 10:00 – 20:00

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MARIONETTES MICHAEL

U Lužického semináře 7, 110 00, Prague 1
Phone:+420 257 535 091
Web: www.marionettesmichael.cz

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BOHEMIAN GARNET

Bohemian garnet, deposit of which are located only in Bohemia, has maintained a unique position due to its nice, fiery red colour and its refractive properties – not to mention its curative effects. Its reputation has been known since the time of Emperor Rudolf II., and admirer of Bohemian garnet, who possessed numerous unique examples. Bohemian garnet has helped to overcome sorrow, bringing vital power, spirit, and feeling of joy. Over the course of time, Bohemian garnet, has gained popularity even beyond the borders of Bohemia. During the 1890’s the appereance of Bohemian garnet jewellery archived its characteristic design where the garnets dominate its metal setting. This characteristic has remained unchanged to this day. The Granát Co-op, since it was formed in 1953 by the unification of small trades, has continued the manufacture of real Bohemian garnet jewellery while spreading their publicity abroad. From the day was founded, Granát has been the largest and most important producer of Bohemian garbnet jewellery in the world. Granát employs 360 goldsmiths and stonecutters and is also a renowned manufacturer of cut gems and synthetic jewels. Granát is also the sole owner of mines, where Bohemian garnet is still being mined. Information of co-operative of artistic manufacturing Granát: Bohemian garnet jewels belong among esteemed products and this results in production of fakes. They are offered on the Bohemian market, sometimes even with the brand name “Bohemian Garnet”. Therefore, if you want to own genuine jewels made by the Czech jewel-producers, purchase those accompanied by manufacturer’s certificate or visit a certified seller. Jewel produced by us have the hallmark G, G1.

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CZECH MARIONETTS

A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings (wires being the standard now due to increased durability). A marionette's puppeteer is called a manipulator.[1] Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues. They have also been used in films and on television. Marionette in Prague Czech rod marionettes are similar to Sicilian ones though they are more complex. They are hand carved, usually using lime wood. The marionettes have the central rod like the Sicilian marionette but also have strings for the arms and legs. Sometimes they also use string to control a mouth or movable ears. These require more skilled manipulation. Czechs also have marionettes that have no central rod and strings that are attached to the head, shoulders and back. These are the most difficult marionettes to manipulate due to the absence of the central rod. Miroslav Trejtnar is an acknowledged master puppeteer and teacher of traditional Czech marionette making skills.

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CZECH BEER

The Czechs have been drinking beer since time immemorial. Emperor Rudolf II’s personal physician held that beer was an incredibly healthy beverage and wrote a treatise to that effect. The Czech beer industry’s worldwide fame dates from the Renaissance, as does the Bohemian tavern which is famous throughout Europe. A place name that is still associated with great beer today - as is Pilsner, which is derived from the place name of the west Bohemian town of Plzen. Beer and the drinking thereof are ingrained in Czech culture, society and history. So much so, that the beer industry is considered a part of the national heritage. After the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic achieved a major beer victory: first place in beer consumption per citizen. In 2003, the Czechs drank an average of 161 liters of beer per person. That’s a bottle of beer for every man, woman, and child in the Czech lands every day. Beer goes very well with the Czech national cuisine. It would be unimaginable for the Czech national meal (roasted pork, cabbage and the famous Czech dumplings) to be accompanied by any beverage other than beer. The best examples of traditional Czech Beer pub you can find in Prague are all restaurants managed by Kolkovna Group. Here, you will find an unmatched homemade food and a “godfather” of all Pilsner types of beer – “Pilsner Urquell”. Enjoy this very special worldwide known beer together with traditional roasted duck with red and white cabbage and potato dumplings, or Prague’s finest beef goulash with onion rings. All three restaurants are situated in the city center (you can find them easily on the map). Kolkovna Restaurant is close to Old-town Square (MAP:D2), Celnice Restaurant is in Namesti republiky (MAP:E3) and Olympia Restaurant is on the corner of Vitezna and Zborovska street (MAP:B4). The atmosphere in all Kolkovna Group restaurants is at once welcoming and endearing. Don’t miss this great opportunity and visit a traditional restaurant designed to 20-30 years of the 19th century. Czechs prefer to do their beer-drinking in pubs rather than at home. Drinking beer is an opportunity to meet with friends. The milieu in pubs and country inns is gregarious, the discussion are forthright. The subjects can be anything under the sun: football, ice-hockey, politics and women. Draught beer is normally served in half-liter glass mugs. There’s light-colored (svetle) beer, which comes in ten-degree and twelve-degree varieties, and has more of a bitter flavor. Then there’s also ten-degree dark (tmave), or black (cerne) beer, which is generally sweeter. Light beer is more popular, although dark beer is gaining ground. A famous advertising slogan once proclaimed: „Beer is the best”. It didn’t specify which brand. It is impossible to say which Czech beer is the best. Radegast has won the Czech beer of the year three times in a row. Velkopopovicky Kozel won the gold medal for beer in 1995. Gambrinus is the most popular. Of the classical beer styles, mostly bottom-fermented beer is brewed in the Czech Republic - that means lager (lezak), but especially, it means Pilsner beer. Pilsner is without a doubt the world’s most famous style of beer. Outside of the Czech Republic it is usually spelled Pilsener or abbreviated to Pils. Pilsner originally described beer from Pilsen (Plzen). For Czechs it means beer from Plzen and nothing else. The term came into use, when the brewery in Pilsen (Plzen) developed a beer in 1842 known as Pilsner Urquell. This is a pale golden-colored beer of 12 degree, with a characteristically well-hopped palate (Bohemian hops are used of course). Czechs drink mostly Czech beers. In order of popularity: Pilsner Urquell, Gambrinus, Radegast, Velkopopovicky Kozel, and then a long list of beers brewed in the smaller regional breweries. A wide range of beers is available, with more than 80 breweries in the Czech Republic.

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CZECH (BOHEMIAN) GLASS

Bohemian glass, or Bohemia crystal, is a decorative glass produced in regions of Bohemia and Silesia, now in the current state of the Czech Republic, since the 13th century. Bohemian glass-workers discovered potash combined with chalk created a clear colourless glass that was more stable than glass from Italy. It was at that time when the term Bohemian crystal emerged for the first time in history to distinguish its qualities from the glass coming from other places. As opposed to usual perception this was non-lead. This Czech glass could be cut with a wheel. In addition, resources such as wood for firing the kilns and for burning down to ashes were used to create potash. There were also copious amounts of limestone and silica.Bohemia turned out expert craftsmen who expertly worked with crystal. Bohemian crystal became famous for its excellent cut and engraving.In the second half of the 19th century, Bohemia looked to the export trade and mass-produced coloured glass for shipment all over the world.Pairs of vases were produced either in a single colour of opaque glass or in two-colour cased glass. These were decorated in thickly enamelled flower subjects that were painted with great speed. Others were decorated with coloured lithographic prints copying famous paintings. These glass objects were made in huge quantities in large factories and were available by mail order throughout Europe and America.Glass artisanship remained at a high level even under the Communists because it was considered ideologically innocuous. Although craftsmen retained their talent, not all the glass-makers still possess a sense of how to make designs new and exciting, and these are still very successful exporting to markets abroad.

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