FILIGREE
3-day workshop with Bibi Klekachkoska
June 5-7 2026
Duration: 16 hours
Last entries up to May, 4
This 3-day workshop introduces the ancient technique of filigree, combining technical practice with a contemporary perspective. With origins over 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, and later refined in Ancient Greece, filigree remains a timeless and evolving craft.
Starting from a single fine wire, participants will explore how to build forms that gain volume and presence while remaining light and luminous. The workshop focuses on working with wire through processes such as flattening and twisting, understanding their structural and expressive potential.
Participants will create basic filigree elements and learn how to construct and use frames as foundational components. Traditional filling elements like osmica, chor, and zog will be explored through hands-on practice.
Open to all levels, the workshop offers demonstrations, individual guidance, and supporting material for further development.
Instructor: Bibi Klekachkoska
Schedule: 16 hours| June, 5-7 2026
Schedule: Friday: 18.00 – 21.00, Saturday – Sunday, 11.00 – 15.00 & 16.00 – 18.30
Number of Participants: from 7 up to 10 people
Participation Cost: 360€ + VAT 24%
Bibi Klekachkoska is a jewelry artist from North Macedonia who has been making jewelry for over 28 years. Trained in the art of filigree, she has been a pioneer as part of the new wave of revitalization and reinvention of this traditional technique in her country. Through her work as a jewelry artist, entrepreneur and teacher, she made a significant contribution to the growing of a nascent culture of jewelry making, providing pathways for other young people to discover their passion for the field.
She holds a Master’s degree (2022) in Gemstones and Jewelry from the Trier University of Applied Sciences in Idar-Oberstein. She completed an internship with the Canellopoulos Museum in Athens researching Byzantine goldsmithing technologies (2022) for which she was additionally awarded a Fellowship (2023) by the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
She is currently based in Vienna and regularly exhibits internationally.
