The Goldsmiths and Jewellers„ Industry Commission at the Pomeranian Chamber of Crafts for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises organised it this year for the 19th time. This year, the theme for all participants – regardless of age category – was the same: ”Amber, our treasure – jewellery".
Participation in the competition enables further professional development and aims to promote the skills of people who have been working in this profession for many years – both seniors, whose work is distinguished by extraordinary craftsmanship, and young people learning or just starting their careers as goldsmith-jewellers – emphasize the organisers.
The Amber Craft Competition Jury, meeting on 28 February 2022, comprised of: Małgorzata Wokacz-Zaborowska – Chairperson of the Competition Jury, Director of the Pomeranian Chamber of Crafts; Waldemar Sawa – Competition Commissioner, Master of the Guild of Artistic Crafts; Robert Zięba – Board Member of the Association of Jewellery Appraisers; Zbigniew Strzelczyk – National Amber Chamber of Commerce; Dorota Cenecka – International Amber Association; Włodzimierz Luks – Guild of Crafts and Entrepreneurship in Gdynia and Andrzej Mikołajczyk – Working Group of Goldsmiths and Jewellers, decided to award the following prizes:
In the seniors category
First place for the work „Not That East” – Grzegorz Tryjefaczka
Second place for the work „Splash” – Bohdan Hołub
3rd place for the work „The Key to the Amber Room” – Agnieszka Mroczkowska
In the junior category
1st place for the work „Guarding the Baltic Treasure” - Dominik Rybok
Second place for the work „Elixir” – Julia Gąsior
3rd place for the work „Amber Hill” – Izabela Smejda
The honours in the juniors category were awarded to:
Wiktoria Ujma for the work „Untamed Flower”,
Iga Piasecka for her work „The Butterfly Effect”,
Katarzyna Małysa for the work „Necklace with natural amber”.
The laureates received diplomas from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, as well as various material prizes and tools sponsored by the Municipal Office of Gdańsk and Gdynia, the Guild of Crafts and Entrepreneurship in Gdynia, Adam Pstrągowski from the company S&A, and Tadeusz Zdunek from the company Premium Zdunek.
