I follow the credo: Don‘t be afraid to live
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David Ševčík was born on 2 June 1978. His father Václav Ševčík worked as a glass cutter in Nový Bor. His mother Ivana Ševčíková, née Filipi, worked in the theatre. David Ševčík completed the high school of forestry in Hejnice; he studied at the high school of glass technology in Nový Bor for a year. He served in the military as a driver in the Doupov Mountains. From 1998 onwards, he gained professional experience in the glassworks of Hantich, Rückl, Ajeto in Lindava and TGK in Skalice near Česká Lípa, where he worked with many Czech and foreign glass designers including Jiří Šuhájek. He went to Denmark in 2004 to work at a small glass studio for three years. He also went to France and Leerdam, Netherlands to study glass. In 2008, he flew to Sydney, Australia where he blew and cut glass in the Defuse studio, made drinking glasses and glass objects and installations for architecture. He coordinated large-scale glass projects and light installations for Lasvit Nový Bor in Australia. On returning to the Czech Republic in 2015, he joined Lasvit as a manager. In 2017 he became the director of Ajeto, the largest Czech art glass factory in Lindava which Lasvit acquired. He helped Ajeto get into the black ink. He works with designer and university teacher Maxim Velčovský who is also Lasvit‘s creative director, and with other successful glass artists such as František Jungvirt, Rony Plesl and Lukáš Jabůrek. Thanks to sound provisions, Ajeto has managed to overcome the challenges of the covid epidemic and the energy crisis in 2020-2024. The company is involved in the International Glass Festival IGS in Nový Bor and the Crystal Valley project. David Ševčík lived in Nový Bor in 2024. We were able to record his story thanks to the financial support of Lasvit.
