Czech glass artist Vlastislav Janacek graduated from the School of Arts and Design in Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic in 1981. He studied under Vladimir Klein, the director of the school, a well respected artist who studied with Libensky in Prague. Janacek has been an independent glass artist since 1999, creating a body of work in optical glass. He uses lamination techniques to combine forms and layers of clear and colored glass, which are then finished with cutting and polishing methods.