NI Institute and Museum

The Magic of Jewellery

Life hammered in metal.

Love plaited in strings.

Magic weaved in pictures.

A beginning, and yet an endless eternity.

Stories of wisdom and art, life and love and an inexhaustible source of primeval inspiration. These attributes are only a tiny aspect, of the true story of silversmiths and the items born from their hands.

Jewelry as a symbol of beauty eternally touches the souls of the people. It has been used to decorate them, enhance their beauty, express their spiritually, reveal their social status, and reflect their lifestyle.

Jewelry symbolizes the joy of the bride, and the pride of the girl. It speaks about the city, but also unearths the roots of life hidden in mountain or field villages.

Each item was designed to decorate, and protect. 

Gold, silver, brass and other elements, woven from stories by the magical hands of the masters, into various ornaments, which have special, metaphysical meaning.

And the masters’ storytellers. . . 

Zdravka Maretic, Meri Stojanova