The contest was held within the framework of the Exhibition of Jewelry and Watch Brands JUNWEX Moscow - 2022.
The exhibition is the largest and most prestigious in Russia, it helps enterprises manufacturing jewelry products, industry trade experts, and companies working in the field of jewelry technologies, equipment, packaging and software expand their business.
The jewelry exhibition in Moscow showcased the works of the best jewelry masters from Russia. Around 300 companies participated in the show.
The northern niello is one of the most unique handicrafts which has gained the world fame. Niello is a kind of original copper-plate engraving, first the article is engraved, then it is covered with niello, then it is heated, niello melts, after the article gets cold it is cleaned and buffed. Source material is silver.
The flourishing of this art in Veliky Ustyug dates from the 17th-18th centuries when the market of Veliky Ustyug was on the rise. Later the town became a major centre for jeweller's art, namely production of niello adornments.