The STFZ web site www.stfz.art.pl has been created and exists as result of free volunteer activity of our members. That is why we are sorry for not beeing able to translate to English all texts in links enclosed, publishing in English just brief information on each of described topic. But please, take a look at the pictures, we believe that with the English texts published they make sensible message on what we do in here.

■ On August 3rd, 2004 the STFZ steering committee met in Pobylkowo near Warsaw.

We've been continuing discussion on the future of our association, discussion which begun on previous STFZ meeting in July 2004 in Krakow. We have developed many new concepts. One of them is to create the informative bulletin - newsletter, informing interested readers on our plans and activities.
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■ The opening of the exhibition of jewellery by Tomasz Jagiello Piwoszuk took place at the Bielak gallery in Krakow, Slawkowska street 4 on August 6th, 2004. The exhibition was open until August 30th.
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look at: www.galeriabielak.pl

■ The VIIIth Festival of Science "Warszawa 2004" organized under auspices of the Conference of Rectors of Warsaw` Academic Schools and the Polish Academy of Science took place in Warsaw, August 17th - August 26th 2004. The Festival consisted of many events, lectures, and meetings. One of them was the meeting on the history of old jewellery, goldsmithing and metalsmithing objects titled "Treasures of our homes - silent music of things ".

On August 20th, 2004 we have meet in the conference room of the Polish weekly magazine "Polityka", Warsaw, Slupecka street nr. 6. The admission was free; guests brought with them different small objects made of metal, like: pieces of jewellery, plaquettes, vessels, etc., which are somehow important for them. During this meeting we were trying to find out the date/time when the object was made, and to determine the place of it's origin, using knowledge of history of metalsmithing and goldsmithing on styles and on history of workshop. This meeting has also served as presentation of the group of students of the course on history of old goldsmithing, run by the STFZ member, Jacek A. Rochacki at the Institute of History of Art, University of Warsaw, in the academic year 2003/2004.
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Look at: http://www.icm.edu.pl/festiwal/2004/program2004.html#kluby,there # 68, and
http://www.icm.edu.pl/festiwal/2004/OPISY2004/k068.html

■ In August 2004 the STFZ has received the draft of regulation of the next competition in Legnica, opening in the year 2005. We hope that the discussions on this document will result in further development of the Legnica's event, which is the most significant event in Polish contemporary artistic goldsmithing life with participation of artists and goldsmithing gurus from all over the world.
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Look at: www.galeria.legnica.pl

■ The jury of the "Prezentacje 2004" artistic jewellery competition met in Warsaw on September 14th, 2004. 48 authors submitted 60 pieces for this competition, the jury accepted works by 34 authors. The opening of exhibition presenting accepted pieces and ceremony of awarding winners of the competition took place on October 2nd, 2004, during second day of jewellery and watches fairs "Złoto-Srebro-Czas 2004" - "Gold-Silver-Time 2004" in Warsaw.
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■ We have edited the 79th edition of the INFO - the STFZ internal newsletter. The INFO is addressed to the STFZ members, members of honor and supporting members.

■ The charity auction "Sen Nocy Jesiennej" - "Dream of the Autumn Night", supporting the foundation for oncology, took place in September 2004 in Krakow. Many STFZ members contributed to this auction donating their jewellery. We are proud to support the foundation, which takes care for persons fighting for their life and health. All objects donated to the auction are published in well-designed and printed catalog.
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■ The conservation studio of the district museum in the city of Lublin (South East Poland) has accomplished the task of conservation of the unique piece of old church silver - the XVIIIth century monstrance belonging to the Cathedral Church of Lublin. This monstrance is a piece of special historical value, because it is adorned by it's makers with genuine, old jewellery, most probably donated as votive gifts to the church at the time of this monstrance's creation. The almost two hundred years of recent history of Poland is the history of destruction and wars, thus almost no old jewellery survived. The more we cherish every single old genuine piece surviving until our times.

■ The recent edition of the jewellery and watches fairs "Zloto-Srebro-Czas 2004" - "Gold-Silver-Time 2004" took place since 1st until 3rd October 2004 in Warsaw. As usual our artists goldsmiths were presenting their works at the special area named "The Designer`s Gallery". Many of Polish jewellery artists work single handed, some run small workshops employing few employees. Our works are offered in many domestic and foreign galleries, shops and boutiques sometime are offered via artistic jewellery dealers.
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Meetings at the "Designer's Gallery" take place in Poland three times per year: in March at the "Amberif" fairs in Gdansk [ >>>> ], in August at the "Ambermart" fairs (also organized in Gdansk) [ >>>> ] and on the beginning of October at the "Zloto-Srebro-Czas" - "Gold-Silver-Time" fairs in Warsaw. [ >>>> ].

■ Visitors to the "Złoto-Srebro-Czas 2004" - "Gold-Silver-Time 2004" fairs, 1-3 October 2004 were given a chance of viewing the exhibition "Przyjecie Urodzinowe" - "Birthday Party", originally organized as part of the annual goldsmithing Legnica`s event opened in May 2004 in the State Gallery of Art of the Legnica town (South West Poland), as part of 25th Legnica`s Festival of Silver [ catalogue ].

This important exhibition is a kind of summary of long time activity of the Legnica' exhibiting center. As we said by another occasion, many prominent jewellery artists from all over the world have been exhibiting there, some of them for the first time in Poland.

We are sorry that this so important exhibition was not properly advertised in mass media. We hope that there will be another occasion soon to present these works to Polish audience at better-arranged and advertised event.

■ On October 2nd, 2004, during the "Złoto-Srebro-Czas 2004" - "Gold-Silver-Time 2004" fairs in Warsaw there's been also the opening of the exhibition "Prezentacje 2004" - "Presentation 2004", and announcement of results of competition under the same title. List of winners, complete list of authors, images of works are to be seen at: - >>>>

This exhibition will be later moved to other Polish cities and will be presented at the Designer's Gallery at the Inhorgenta 2005 fairs in Munich.

■ The STFZ member, jewellery artist Agnieszka Bruzda has been presenting her recent jewellery at the Bielak Gallery in Krakow on October 4th, 2004. This exhibition of her works titled "For you" was open until November 4th, 2004.
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Look at: www.galeriabielak.pl

■ The Milano Gallery in Warsaw [ www.milano.arts.pl ] will celebrate its 15th anniversary by organization of the traditional jewellery exhibition opening in December 2004. The title of this year` exhibition is "Bizuteria na medal", which translates as "Jewelley of Quality" (so good that it is worth of being distinguished by medal). According to organizers, the jewellery in form of medals, distinctions, military crosses, badges, etc., will be in fashion in coming season.

■ The YES gallery together with the National Museum in Poznan (North West Poland) organized the exhibition of works by Jacek Byczewski "AU + AG + Steel". The exhibition took place between October 28th, 2004 until November 28th, 2004 in the Museum of Applied Arts in Poznan, by the Gora Przemysla street.
www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/in_mu_sztuk_uzytkowych_poznan,
Also see: www.byczewski.com and www.galeria.yes.com.pl

■ Slawomir Safarzynski, ScD, founder, former owner and editor in chief of the magazine "Polski Jubiler" - "The Polish Jeweller" - has announced his resignation in October 2004. The goldsmithing part of "Polski Jubiler" has been run and edited by STFZ member Joanna Jaworska. The new owner of the magazine has developed the web site www.polskijubiler.com.pl

Noumerous posts at the forum of this site pj.bryler.net/forum prove the growing demand on goldsmithing knowledge at home.

■ The next international conference of the contact net Ars Ornata Europeana will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, 7th - 10th July 2005. The meeting will be organized by Portuguese Association for Contemporary Jewellery PIN.

From the past

■ In May 1993 at the gallery Nowy Swiat in Warsaw, situated by the Nowy Swiat street nr. 23 which is the place known to our amateurs of art due to the former DESA gallery active there since the fifties which has been presenting jewellery pieces by our senior artists like late Jadwiga and Jerzy Zaremski, opened the exhibition Prezentacje `93 (Presentation `93). There were presented jewellery pieces by 40 authors; three of them exhibited on special invitation issued by the gallery. One of organizers was Marek Nowaczyk, known of his contribution to the Legnica`s goldsmithing events. The exhibition was arranged by Tomasz Sikora, who`s artistic photography was shown years before by the occasion of the first one man exhibition of artistic jewellery by Joachim "Zanek" Sokolski at the beginning of seventies at the Repassage gallery in Warsaw.

■ New approach to exhibiting artistic jewellery was introduced and developed by the cycle of exhibitions "Camelot 111x" at the Camelot gallery in Krakow. The first exhibition of this cycle: "Camelot 1111" opened in Krakow in June 1993. Artists distinguished by awards and distinctions were: Jaroslaw Westermark, Tomasz Zaremski, Krzysztof Piotrowski, Marcin Gronkowski, Tomasz Mayzel, Janusz Bozek and Bohdan Jan Suchodolski.