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Traditional Parure ስብስብ ጌጣጌጥ by Ekaterina Korzh

Traditional Parure ስብስብ ጌጣጌጥ by Ekaterina Korzh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ኮስቱምን ባህላዊ ኣልባሳትን Competition Category.


ሓጺንንድፊ ኮስቱም· 2025

Traditional Parure ስብስብ ጌጣጌጥ

by Ekaterina Korzh

Client: Korzhstudio

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ንድፊ ኮስቱም Category

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The Design

About Traditional Parure ስብስብ ጌጣጌጥ

እዚ ፕሮጀክት እዚ ባህላዊ ሩሲያዊ ስብስብ ጌጣጌጥ ዘላቒ ቴክኖሎጂታት ምስ ባህላዊ ጥበባዊ ሜላታት ብምውህሃድ የሐድሶ። እቲ ባህላዊ ሩሲያዊ ፓሩር ሰለስተ ቁልፊ ኣካላት ይሓቶ፡ ዘውዲ በዓል፣ ሓሶት ዓንበር መንጠቢ ክሳድን፣ ኦጀሬሎክ መንጠቢ ክሳድን። እካተሪና ካብ ሰሜናዊ ሩሲያ ዝመጹ ጌጣጌጥ ብምፍታሽ ጥበባታቱን ታሪኹን ንምንቃሕ፣ ሓሳብ ዓንበር ካብ እተመሓየሸ በርጌድ ብምፍጣር ዝኣመሰሉ ሓደስቲ ዘላቒ ሜላታት ኣዋህሃበት። ብተወሳኺ፣ ናይ ዲዛይን ዕድላት ኣስፈሐትን ናይ ክሎይዞን ወርቂ ስራሕ ሜላ ብቐጥታ ኣብ እተመሓየሸ በርጌድ ንምትግባር ፍሉይ ኣገባብ ኣማዕበለት።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Traditional Parure ስብስብ ጌጣጌጥ ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Traditional Parure ስብስብ ጌጣጌጥ ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Traditional Parure ስብስብ ጌጣጌጥ ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The project is devoted to the recreation of conventional jewelry sets with the use of contemporary sustainable technologies and traditional craft-based techniques.
The Russian Traditional Parure consists of three major decorative elements: a Celebration Tiara, a faux amber neckpiece, and an Ojerelok neckpiece.
Dimensions & Packaging
Celebration Tiara
Dimensions: 35 cm x 35 cm x 12 cm
Traditional Amber neckpiece
Length: 50 cm
Weight: 250 g
Ojerelok Neckpiece
Length: 150 cm
Tags
Russian, tiaras, gold, pearl, jewelry, jewellery, historical, craft, traditional
Production Technology
Celebration Tiara
Medium: Cotton cord, cotton canvas, mother of pearl, silk velvet, silk canvas, vintage glass and gemstone beads, flour adhesive, vitreous enamel, freshwater pearls, goldwork wire, wool thread, brass, and fine silver.
Traditional Amber neckpiece
Medium: Recycled glass, copper, enamel inlay, and rough wool thread.
Ojerelok Neckpiece
Medium: Cotton cord, linen canvas, mother of pearl, silk velvet, silk canvas, glass, and gemstone beads.
Design Challenge
In the project, I studied jewelry from the traditional costumes of the Russian North to address this parure with historical accuracy while applying a new contemporary approach. These techniques are time-consuming and technically challenging. Additionally, I developed a unique method for applying the cloisonne goldsmithing technique directly onto recycled glass that required me to do profound research on glass qualities and closonne techniques.
Research
This project revises a traditional Russian jewelry set using modern sustainable techniques and traditional crafting methods. The Russian Traditional Parure includes three main pieces: a Celebration Tiara, a faux amber neckpiece, and an Ojerelok neckpiece. I studied jewelry from the traditional costumes of the Russian North to preserve these crafts. This project combines modern sustainable practices with traditional craft techniques.
Inspiration
I blend traditional hand embroidery techniques with metalwork in ornamental jewelry to illustrate my protest of the current Russian state propaganda based on fake national ideals. I do it by recalling original historical Russian craft practices and the conventional crafts I discovered through my profound research of traditional costumes and the garment history of Russia.
Project Duration
The Russian Parure took me approximately 400 hours for the development of design, embroidery work, metal work, etc. The project started in Lawrence, KS, in October of 2023 and finished in April of 2024
Operation Flow
This jewelry set comprises three elements: a tiara, a faux amber necklace, and a beaded neckpiece. Traditionally, it was worn by peasants in Northern Russia until the early 20th century. The set was worn by young women on their ceremony passing into the adulthood that was happening prior their wedding day.
Team Members
Ekaterina Korzh
Image Credits
Ekaterina Korzh
Aaron Paden
Anastassia Rodionova

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