Helga designAmber Jewelery

The Greeks believed that amber was the rays of the sun, petrified.

Amber is fossilized tree resin , which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times.

Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects.

Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry.

There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents.

Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions.

The Amber Room in the Catherine Palace, St. Petersburg,

During the invasion of Nazi's in the year of 1941, the amber panels were removed and dispatched to Königsberg Castle (currently known as Kalliningrad), and since then, its whereabouts remains a mystery..In 1979, with the mystery of the original room unsolved, rebuilding of

the Amber Room began. The reconstruction of the Amber room began at 1983, according to the design of Russian Architect

Alexander Kedrinsky. Kedrinsky sketched the new design plan based on old photographs of the Amber room before the World War II.

Six tons of Amber was used. A team of extremely talented artists, sculptors, amber craftsmen and researchers was assembled to

complete the project. After 24 years of painstaking work, the room was unveiled in time for St. Petersburg’s 300th anniversary in 2003.

During the 18th century it underwent many renovations and extensions, eventually covering an enormous 180 square feet. Over 6

tons of amber was used, as well as semi-precious stones and gold leaf. Historians have estimated that at the time the room was worth a

phenomenal $142 million in today’s dollars.

Music : Tchaikovsky Swan

There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis

of their chemical constituents. Because it

originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes

contains animal and plant material as inclusions.

Catherine PalaceTsarskoye Selo (Pushkin),