Our projects

In February 2024, our application for grants for personal projects in the field of culture and creative industries was selected for funding by the European Union under the House of Europe programme of the German cultural centre Goethe-Institut at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine (Goethe-Institut in Ukraine).

Project title: "Decorative metal: metal elements of traditional Ukrainian neck jewelry".

The grant will be used to study 3D modelling of metal elements of necklaces, conduct research in museums and with collectors on what metal elements were used in Ukrainian necklaces, and create an online presentation of Ukrainian traditional necklaces to promote Ukrainian art and crafts in the EU.

In September 2022, our application was selected for funding within the framework of the Scholarship Program for Emergency Assistance to Cultural Workers from Ukraine from the Goethe-Institut in Ukraine, which is being implemented as part of a comprehensive package of measures for which the Federal Foreign Office of Germany provides funds from the supplementary budget for 2022 to mitigate the consequences of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine. 

The scholarship will be used for the online presentation of Ukrainian jewelry and promotion of Ukrainian art in the countries of the European Union.

In August 2021, "Starlight necklace" became the winner of the August Creators' Contest from the Charity Foundation "Its Craft" with an idea of making original metal elements for necklaces with the Christmas Star, which is a part of the logo of Design studio "Starlight Necklace". As a result, Pavlo Nikonorov in the workshop Norov Jewellery from Nova Kakhovka created molds and ready-made models of pendants and adapters from brass based on our sketches. Our Design studio created necklaces from them :)

We did not stop there, and in January and November 2022, based on our sketch, master Maksym Bredenko from Lviv created a molds and a finished model of another pendant with the Christmas Star in three sizes in the workshop of Zgardas of Ukraine.  The cooperation continues...

In August 2022, we created a series of necklaces with our exclusive metal elements for the marketplace of craft goods of Ukrainian manufacturers - the social enterprise "Its Craft".  It is important for us that 50% of profits of "Its Craft" local craft products are donated to a charity fund - to support craftsmen, as well as restore and modernize Ukrainian cultural heritage. The social enterprise "Its Craft" was forced to relocate to Uman from the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka, but we believe that it will be able to return home as soon as possible!

https://itscraft.com.ua/en/zoriane-namysto-symvol-krasy-nanyzanyi-na-halytski-tradytsii/