Alžběta Kešnerová

Mentor for Welding and Metalwork

Alžběta Kešnerová is a Prague-based designer and certified welder with a background in industrial design from the Faculty of Architecture at CTU Prague. Her practice bridges design and hands-on fabrication, from building sets and decorations for Czech Television to welding the return module for the Project Hydronaut underwater research station. She holds TIG and MAG welding certifications and has extensive experience in metal construction and object-making. At Kolodiumglass, she mentors residents in welding techniques and metalwork, expanding the studio's capabilities beyond glass.

Education

Welding School SVV Prague, TIG welding certification, aluminium and alloys (2022)

AZ Welding s.r.o., MAG welding certification, CO₂ shielding gas (2020)

Faculty of Architecture, CTU Prague, Industrial Design, studio of Marian Karel and Josef Šafařík (2011 to 2016)

Private metal lathe training, Institute of Manufacturing Technology, CTU Prague (2015 to 2016)

Certified trained worker per ČSN 05 0705, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, CTU Prague (2015)

Studio Divan, internship (2014)

Secondary Art School of Textile Crafts, Textile Toy and Corsetry (2008 to 2011)

Professional experience

Czech Television, locksmith workshop, set and decoration fabrication (2021 to 2024)

Povodí Vltavy, s.p., welder on lock gate seal reconstruction (2020)

Project Hydronaut, Research and Training Station, welder on the return module (2020)

Illustration and typesetting of an educational publication for preschool children (2020)

Self-employed, fabrication of metal structures, constructions, and metalwork objects (2019 to 2021)

DDM Jižní Město, instructor of wicker weaving courses (2015 to 2017)

VŠCHT University Centre Litvinov, interior design and realisation of corridor spaces (2015)

Bar Klubovna, Dejvice, facade design and realisation (2014)

Exhibitions and cultural activities

Apolitický kreativní spolek SDBS, visual dramaturgy for festivals, concerts, lectures, and exhibitions; own artistic work (2012 to 2019)

Collaboration between SDBS and Diffractions Collective, visual design of spaces for academic lectures (2018 to 2019)

Zlín Design Week Open Call, exhibition of the chessboard Craton (2018)

National Award for Student Design, Good Student Design award (2017)

UX Monday, Galerie Czechdesign, lecture on developing a chessboard for the visually impaired (2016)