On Friday, 24 March, during the AMBERIF SPRING 2023 International Amber and Jewellery Fair, the winners of the National Amber Craftsmanship 2023 Competition were officially announced. The competition was held in two age categories: juniors and seniors. The winners were recognised for their skills in traditional and modern goldsmithing techniques.
Year on year the standard of the entries keeps rising, and the quality of workmanship together with the ambitious range of ideas behind these creations leave no doubt that Polish jewellery-making is at a high level. The competition aims to showcase the professional skills of goldsmiths and young apprentices of the craft, as well as to promote jewellery and goldsmith's items made using “Baltic Gold”.
A panel of several judges selected the winners, who presented their work in two age categories: juniors (young goldsmiths up to 22 years of age who are studying or starting out in the goldsmithing profession) and seniors (people practising as goldsmiths or amber craftsmen with confirmed professional qualifications). The competition was held under a single theme – “Amber Inspirations – Jewellery”.
Participants in the competition submitted individual pieces or sets of jewellery in the category of jewellery made using precious metals, amber and gemstones. Each participant could submit up to four pieces, which had to include amber elements and must not have been presented previously.
The competition aims to popularise traditional and modern goldsmithing techniques, as well as to encourage professional development and the creation of original designs tailored to individual needs. In this year's edition, close attention to every detail of the workmanship was evident, and the pieces presented by participants varied greatly in form and style.
Prizes were awarded to the competition winners during today's ceremony.
- 1st place: Krzysztof Konrad Bondaruk – piece “Turkana Amber”
- 2nd place: Dominika Gawlak-Długosz – piece “Harbinger”
- 3rd place: Jacek Ostrowski – piece “Pearl of the Baltic”
- 1st place: Iga Piasecka – piece “People Like Flowers”
- 2nd place: Sofiia Semeniuta – piece “Shattered Dreams”
- 3rd place: Hanna Jóźwicka – piece “Secrets of the Ocean Depths”
Jędrzej Frączek for the piece “Antenna of Annihilation”
Dominika Plaminiak for the piece “First Dance”
Weronika Zarębska for the piece “Fit for the 21st Century”
Paulina Wróbel for the piece “Shell-maker”
The prize-giving ceremony for the 20th Goldsmiths and Jewellers Competition “Amber Craftsmanship” was attended, among others, by Gdańsk's Deputy Mayor for Social Development and Equal Treatment Monika Chabior, as well as Gdańsk city councillors Andrzej Kowalczys and Przemysław Malak.
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