This one, I feel quite close to it.
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About beauty...
There was an active trade in amber from the late stone Age,
about 5000 years ago, onwards. An archeological site was found
close to Gdansk with 900 amber workshops.
Based on the discovery in some Mycenanean tomb on the island
of Crete, trade in amber to the Mediterranean may have begun as early
as 3600 years ago.
Stone Age pieces.
Different type of amber.
Rough amber.
How to look for amber.
Panorama Gdansk, 17th century.
Different input from Giedymin.
Amber and wood mosaic.
Giedymin piece.
Modern casket.
Amber Ship.
Amber copy of classic art piece.
This piece was a gift for Staline.
The piece was on its way when Staline passed away.
The piece came back to Gdansk.
Casket from the 17th century.
Amber pieces connected to religion.
Stone Age pieces.
Amulettes. Animal figurines.
Fabergé Egg. 1997
Amber is used around the world, sometimes for medical or
spiritual wellbeing, sometimes for adornmrnt or decoration,
and sometimes for scientific reason.
The collection of the Amber museum of Gdansk present
Amber through this different aspects.
Amber Museum in Gdansk.
The museum was before called "the hang man".
It was a jail and a place for torture.
The first guild of amber craftsmen was created in Gdansk in 1477.
The peak period of amber crafts in Gdańsk was in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Numerous amber works were created in the workshops at the behest of wealthy
merchants, nobility, aristocracy, clergy and Polish kings.
Nowadays amber is used usually in jewellery. The popularity
and trend for amber jewellery goes back to the fifties and still
stimulates artists and producers.
Amber Necklace.
Galeria Wyora
Amber shop
On the way to the touristic Amber street
with Slawomir and Giedymin.
Up a personal design of Slawomir. He is also
a head designer at the studio Tetrahedron.
www. tetrahedron.pl
Mrs Mary Smith by Agnieszka Korejba.
Slawomir is very involved in the developpment
of the design scene in Gdansk and in Poland.
This book as the title suggested present mainly work
from Amber. The cover is one of his pieces.
classroom / workshop
Some work of Slawomir students.
More coming soon...
Some of the students work
Art Academy of Gdansk
Class of Sławomir Fijałkowski
design course