The aim of the nationwide „Amber Craft” Goldsmiths and Jewellers' Competition, held since 2004, is to showcase the professional skills of goldsmiths and young goldsmithing apprentices specialising in traditional and modern goldsmithing techniques, to support professional training in goldsmithing and encourage professional development, to create original designs tailored to individual needs, and to promote jewellery and goldsmithing products made with amber. It is organised by the Goldsmiths' and Jewellers' Industry Commission of the Pomeranian Chamber of Crafts of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in cooperation with the Gdańsk International Fair. The results were announced during the Amberif fair, where the prize-winning and commended works could also be admired at the winners' stands.
The theme of this year's competition was „Sea Tales”. Participants competed in two age categories: juniors, whose task was to create amber jewellery, and seniors, who undertook the challenge of creating a functional item or jewellery using traditional techniques.
The jury, composed of: Dorota Cenecka (chairwoman) – jewellery designer, goldsmith-jeweller; Waldemar Sawa – Head of the Guild of Artistic Crafts, Robert Zięba – Board Member of the Association of Jewellery Appraisers; Zbigniew Strzelczyk – President of the National Amber Chamber of Commerce; Zbigniew Derkowski – Goldsmith-Jewellery Industry Commission of the Pomeranian Chamber of Crafts for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises; Włodzimierz Luks – Guild of Crafts and Entrepreneurship in Gdynia, awarded the following prizes:
JUNIORS CATEGORY
1st place: Aleksandra Kotyla for the work „Returning Wave”
2nd place: Julia Nowotna for the work „The Storm”
3rd place: Maja Dobrakowska for the work „The Mysterious Island”
Awards:
– Krzysztof Lebieżyński for the work „Baltic Secret Keeper”
– Justyna Łuszczyńska for the work „The Amber Brooch”
SENIOR CATEGORY:
JEWELLERY
1st place: Grzegorz Tryjefaczka for the work „The Right Course”
2nd place: Paweł Rojewski for the work „Kraken”
Third place: Jakub Śliwowski for the work „The Last Ice Floe”
Everyday object
1st place: Krzysztof Konrad Bondaruk for his work „Hippokampi”
2nd place: Dawid Krzysteczko for the work „Pocket Watch”
3rd place: Adam Sznapka for the work „Captain Octopus – The Curse of the Undead”
