LOBORTAS
Their collection of pysanka-styled pendants are modern, precious charms created by a team of talented artists and jewelers, and are a tribute to the centuries-old tradition presented in a new context.
Their collection of pysanka-styled pendants are modern, precious charms created by a team of talented artists and jewelers, and are a tribute to the centuries-old tradition presented in a new context.
There exists a beautiful Ukrainian Easter tradition, that of presenting a friend with a pysanka, a beautifully decorated Ukrainian Easter egg. The pysanka can be a simple home-made egg, a handcrafted masterpiece, or even a refined precious jewel, like the works produced by «Lobortas» Classic Jewelry House in Kyiv.
Their collection of pysanka-styled pendants are modern, precious charms created by a team of talented artists and jewelers, and are a tribute to the centuries-old tradition presented in a new context. Egg cults dating back to prehistoric times can be found in many countries of the world. Pysanky, however, with their variety of colors and symbols, are exclusive to Ukrainian cultural heritage. Nobody can say exactly how many millennia pysanky have been created:. archeologists have found painted stone and metal eggs in Trypillian burials, and ceramic ones in those of Kyivan Rus. These talismanic eggs have had a sacred meaning for our Ukrianian ancestors through out the ages.
The jeweled pysanka pendants of Lobortas House are rare and exclusive and objects. Each piece and element is crafted by hand from gold, and then inlaid with diamonds and other precious stones and incorporates several enameling techniques. Lobortas House enamels combine time-tested techniques with modern methods to guarantee bright and saturated colours, a fascinating dance of tones and nuances.
When designing these jewels, the artists strove to preserve the traditional symbols found on Ukrainian Easter eggs. The Lobortas House's jeweled pysanky are not only beautiful ornaments, but are magical amulets. Each bears, within its ancient patterns and symbols, a message of love and hope.
These precious pysanky have been widely praised by experts in the field, many of whom have added them to their own collections. Among them is Tatyana Faberge, the great-granddaughter of the famous jeweler Karl Faberge, the master jeweler who first created the intricately bejeweled Faberge eggs for the tsars.