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| A Call for Help for the Staff injured in the Accident in the Dejwis Company. |
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On December 4, 2009 there was a very serious accident in the Dejwis Company of Gdańsk. Five employees were badly injured in an accident involving a leaky gas cylinder. Four of them are in very critical condition with burns covering 50% of their bodies. All of them are in specialist hospitals.
The accident has deeply moved the entire amber community and at the request of the staff of Dejwis, the members of the IAA and many others who wish to support the injured persons and their families, we have set up a special bank account where you can donate funds for their hospital services and subsequent rehabilitation. 100% of the donated funds will go to the injured staff. We will post updates on the amount of funds raised and how they are divided on our website.
Special account:
23 1050 1764 1000 0090 7095 5126
Title "Help for injured"
ING BANK SLASKI, SWIFT INGBPLPW, IBAN PL
Miedzynarodowe Stowarzyszenie Bursztynnikow
ul. Beniowskiego 5, 80-382 Gdansk
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| AMBER PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2009 March 2010 |
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The Award Committee decided to grant the statuette of the Amber Personality of the Year 2009 to dr hab. Sławomir Fijałkowski.
He is the graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, where he got a diploma in the range of designing jewelry. In 1996-1998 completed his postgraduate studies in Hochschule fur Kunstlerishe und Industrielle Gestaltung in Linz in Austria in the range of an industrial design of metal products. He was the scholar of Ministry of Culture and Art, Batory Foundation, Viennese Foundation of Cultures-Kontakt and Austrian Ministry of Science and Researches. Academic teacher at ASP Łódź, then at ASP Gdańsk, Koszalin Polytechnic, Sopot College and Baltic Amber College. At present he runs a jewelry design workshop on ASP Design Department in Gdańsk. He is the author of numerous articles, publications, scientific texts and also didactic programs, theoretic analysis concerning design and modern art of goldsmithery. At the same time he is a designer and creator of the author’s jewelry. He participated in several dozens of exhibitions around the world. As a designer, he cooperates with S&A Bursztynowa Biżuteria company, where he organized and runs a professional design studio, that have been awarded with numerous prizes and high quality utility models. Moreover, he collected and commented a unique album Top Amber, that was issued in August 2008. This album promotes the most modern design of the amber jewelry and its artistic and conceptual variations. The album issued by the Association is very popular, breaking stereotypes of the amber as a stone used in an unfashionable and not attractive. He is also a juror and curator of exhibitions, consultant of artistic competitions in Legnica and Gdańsk. For many years he has been a curator of Amberif Design Award competition, inviting to philosophical contemplations and defining them by means of the amber as an artistic means of expression. Thanks to this competition many world famous designers, invited to jury, have discovered and touched the amber. Undoubtedly, his work has contributed to introduce the amber into the world’s design.
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New Classification of Baltic Amber Gemst February 2010
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The Classification of Baltic Amber (succinite) Gemstones
Natural Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone which has undergone mechanical treatment only (for instance: grinding, cutting, turning or polishing) without any change to its natural properties
Modified Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone subjected only tothermal or high-pressure treatment, which changed its physical properties, including the degree of transparency and colour, or shaped under similar conditions out of one nugget, previously cut to the required size.
Reconstructed (pressed) Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone made of Baltic amber pieces pressed in high temperature and under high pressure without additional components.
Bonded Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone consisting of two or more parts of natural, modified or reconstructed Baltic amber bonded together with the use of the smallest possible amount of a colourless binding agent necessary to join the pieces.
The following abbreviations can be used to describe gemstone modification degrees:
N – no modification
H – heating
HPHT – high pressure high temperature
International jewellery and gemmology organisations recommend providing customers with exhaustive information on the gemstone modifications applied.
The classification of Baltic amber gemstones was adopted by the Board of the International Amber Association on November 20, 1999, as amended. Last amended on February 22, 2010, unified text.
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| "We know that together, we can do it." - An interview with Mariusz Drapikowski OCTOBER 2009 |
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Mariusz Drapikowski, a popular amber maker from Gdansk, was elected the president of the International Amber Association at the general meeting of the association in may this year. Mr. Drapikowski is telling us about the task he is facing, in cooperation with other associations and the entire amber society.
Read full text on the amber.com.pl
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GENERAL ELECTION MEETING OF THE IAA MAY 2009
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During the General Meeting of the Members of the IAA on 13 May 2009 following persons were elected to new Management:
Mariusz Drapikowski - President
Ewa Rachon - Deputy President
Mariusz Gliwinski - Deputy President
Tadeusz Befinger - Treasurer
Jaroslaw Niedzielski - Deputy Treasurer
Marek Pawlowski - Secretary
Lech Zdrojewski - Member of the Board
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AMBER PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2008 March 2009
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The Award Committee decided to grant the statuette of the Amber Personality of the Year 2008 to Dr Regina Kramarska, a person who is uniquely dedicated to efforts in support of the Polish amber industry. In its justification, the Committee emphasised that Dr Kramarska is an experienced geologist and a specialist in amber deposits in Poland and its neighbouring countries. Her work led to a 2008 study on the prospects of utilising Polish amber resources in order to determine the ways the industry can become independent of raw amber supplies from the Russian Federation and the Ukraine in the future.
| AMBER PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2009 March 2010 |
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The Award Committee decided to grant the statuette of the Amber Personality of the Year 2009 to dr hab. Sławomir Fijałkowski.
He is the graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, where he got a diploma in the range of designing jewelry. In 1996-1998 completed his postgraduate studies in Hochschule fur Kunstlerishe und Industrielle Gestaltung in Linz in Austria in the range of an industrial design of metal products. He was the scholar of Ministry of Culture and Art, Batory Foundation, Viennese Foundation of Cultures-Kontakt and Austrian Ministry of Science and Researches. Academic teacher at ASP Łódź, then at ASP Gdańsk, Koszalin Polytechnic, Sopot College and Baltic Amber College. At present he runs a jewelry design workshop on ASP Design Department in Gdańsk. He is the author of numerous articles, publications, scientific texts and also didactic programs, theoretic analysis concerning design and modern art of goldsmithery. At the same time he is a designer and creator of the author’s jewelry. He participated in several dozens of exhibitions around the world. As a designer, he cooperates with S&A Bursztynowa Biżuteria company, where he organized and runs a professional design studio, that have been awarded with numerous prizes and high quality utility models. Moreover, he collected and commented a unique album Top Amber, that was issued in August 2008. This album promotes the most modern design of the amber jewelry and its artistic and conceptual variations. The album issued by the Association is very popular, breaking stereotypes of the amber as a stone used in an unfashionable and not attractive. He is also a juror and curator of exhibitions, consultant of artistic competitions in Legnica and Gdańsk. For many years he has been a curator of Amberif Design Award competition, inviting to philosophical contemplations and defining them by means of the amber as an artistic means of expression. Thanks to this competition many world famous designers, invited to jury, have discovered and touched the amber. Undoubtedly, his work has contributed to introduce the amber into the world’s design.
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New Classification of Baltic Amber Gemst February 2010
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The Classification of Baltic Amber (succinite) Gemstones
Natural Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone which has undergone mechanical treatment only (for instance: grinding, cutting, turning or polishing) without any change to its natural properties
Modified Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone subjected only tothermal or high-pressure treatment, which changed its physical properties, including the degree of transparency and colour, or shaped under similar conditions out of one nugget, previously cut to the required size.
Reconstructed (pressed) Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone made of Baltic amber pieces pressed in high temperature and under high pressure without additional components.
Bonded Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone consisting of two or more parts of natural, modified or reconstructed Baltic amber bonded together with the use of the smallest possible amount of a colourless binding agent necessary to join the pieces.
The following abbreviations can be used to describe gemstone modification degrees:
N – no modification
H – heating
HPHT – high pressure high temperature
International jewellery and gemmology organisations recommend providing customers with exhaustive information on the gemstone modifications applied.
The classification of Baltic amber gemstones was adopted by the Board of the International Amber Association on November 20, 1999, as amended. Last amended on February 22, 2010, unified text.
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| TOP AMBER AUGUST 2008 |
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TOP AMBER is the first album to provide such a comprehensive documentation of contemporary designer jewellery with amber. A clear division into three separate chapters on art, design and fashion allows the reader to find the appropriate reference points for many stilistic trends, names and developments which characterise Baltic amber, one of Poland`s most attractive export hits in recent years.
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| AMBER PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2009 March 2010 |
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The Award Committee decided to grant the statuette of the Amber Personality of the Year 2009 to dr hab. Sławomir Fijałkowski.
He is the graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, where he got a diploma in the range of designing jewelry. In 1996-1998 completed his postgraduate studies in Hochschule fur Kunstlerishe und Industrielle Gestaltung in Linz in Austria in the range of an industrial design of metal products. He was the scholar of Ministry of Culture and Art, Batory Foundation, Viennese Foundation of Cultures-Kontakt and Austrian Ministry of Science and Researches. Academic teacher at ASP Łódź, then at ASP Gdańsk, Koszalin Polytechnic, Sopot College and Baltic Amber College. At present he runs a jewelry design workshop on ASP Design Department in Gdańsk. He is the author of numerous articles, publications, scientific texts and also didactic programs, theoretic analysis concerning design and modern art of goldsmithery. At the same time he is a designer and creator of the author’s jewelry. He participated in several dozens of exhibitions around the world. As a designer, he cooperates with S&A Bursztynowa Biżuteria company, where he organized and runs a professional design studio, that have been awarded with numerous prizes and high quality utility models. Moreover, he collected and commented a unique album Top Amber, that was issued in August 2008. This album promotes the most modern design of the amber jewelry and its artistic and conceptual variations. The album issued by the Association is very popular, breaking stereotypes of the amber as a stone used in an unfashionable and not attractive. He is also a juror and curator of exhibitions, consultant of artistic competitions in Legnica and Gdańsk. For many years he has been a curator of Amberif Design Award competition, inviting to philosophical contemplations and defining them by means of the amber as an artistic means of expression. Thanks to this competition many world famous designers, invited to jury, have discovered and touched the amber. Undoubtedly, his work has contributed to introduce the amber into the world’s design.
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New Classification of Baltic Amber Gemst February 2010
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The Classification of Baltic Amber (succinite) Gemstones
Natural Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone which has undergone mechanical treatment only (for instance: grinding, cutting, turning or polishing) without any change to its natural properties
Modified Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone subjected only tothermal or high-pressure treatment, which changed its physical properties, including the degree of transparency and colour, or shaped under similar conditions out of one nugget, previously cut to the required size.
Reconstructed (pressed) Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone made of Baltic amber pieces pressed in high temperature and under high pressure without additional components.
Bonded Baltic amber (Succinite) – gemstone consisting of two or more parts of natural, modified or reconstructed Baltic amber bonded together with the use of the smallest possible amount of a colourless binding agent necessary to join the pieces.
The following abbreviations can be used to describe gemstone modification degrees:
N – no modification
H – heating
HPHT – high pressure high temperature
International jewellery and gemmology organisations recommend providing customers with exhaustive information on the gemstone modifications applied.
The classification of Baltic amber gemstones was adopted by the Board of the International Amber Association on November 20, 1999, as amended. Last amended on February 22, 2010, unified text.
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| WARNING! AUGUST 2008 |
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We want to warn everyone against the dishonest practices of the Anell company, which is using a fake ceritficate of the International Amber Association. We remind you that the Association's certificates are issued for a one year period and their expirationdates are cleary indicated on our recommendations.
The current list of companies recommended by the Association together with the validity dates of their certificates, are available at www.amber.org.pl under theRecommended Companies tab.
The IAA has taken legal recourse against the Anell company.
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| Amber workshop in Mallorca |
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 Two famous jewellery designers from Western Europe, Tasso Mattar and Philip Sajet, invite in June to Mallorca to take part in their handicraft workshop of designing and working with amber. |
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