Interviews

    • Why do we need artistic jewellery? - interview with Prof. Sławomir Fijałkowski

      Artistic jewellery is not just a product, but a message. Although it reaches a narrow audience, it sets the direction for the entire industry - from craftsmanship to design. Why is it worth creating and how does Poland compare to the world?

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    • Jewellery more precious than gold - an interview with Anna Wiszniewska

      It not only decorates, but tells stories, comments on reality and records the emotions of the era. The art historian and curator of the exhibition „Project: artistic jewellery” at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Toruń talks about Polish artistic jewellery - underestimated but exceptionally strong culturally - a return to craftsmanship, artistic courage and jewellery as a carrier of ideas.

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    • My designs create a modern amber narrative - a conversation with Monika Blaszkowska

      Amber is over 40 million years old, plastic just a short while. Monika Blaszkowska juxtaposes these two worlds, creating art that not only delights in form but also raises uncomfortable questions about consumption, sustainability and responsibility. In the context of her exhibition Amber Chamber at the National Maritime Museum in Gdansk, we discuss the construction of a new contemporary amber narrative, which for little...

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    • I don't want to shape amber by force - an interview with Heidemarie Herb

      The stories of „discovering amber” may seem similar, but in fact each one is fascinatingly different. As in the case of German-Italian artist Heidemarie Herb, who fell in love with amber at „second sight”, but with unconditional love. She not only creates - with or from it - jewellery, but also organises exhibitions of works with amber,...

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    • I saw the whole cosmos in amber - interview with Julia Groos

      For her, jewellery is not an accessory, but a language of storytelling. She saw the cosmos in amber and encapsulated stories of freedom and empathy in rings. She talks to us about why jewellery is a message - an impulse to talk about the world we live in.

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    • Amber is wildly inspiring for perfumers - a conversation with Alan Balewski

      We have known for a long time that amber is an ingredient in many perfumes. But today we will learn that this scent - or rather the representation of it - is synthetic and has little in common with the real smell of amber. So what does real amber smell like?

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    • „Bursztyny” - the only label of its kind - interview with Michal Myslinski

      We often regard jewellery from the communist period as ugly and no longer want to wear it. But maybe when we read the latest book by Michał Myśliński from the Art Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, „Pamiątka znad morza. Wytwórnia Wyrobów Bursztynowych w Gdańsku. History and Production”, in which he recalls many surprising facts about the jewellery that was made there, we will notice its, if not beauty, then...

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    • How to build a modern amber brand - an interview with Beata Bochińska

      Contemporary jewellery is no longer a symbol of luxury. It is a symbol of the person who wears it. It is supposed to correspond to his or her beliefs and be an important element of contemporary lifestyle. This is what the exhibition of amber jewellery „Treasure Box of the Future / Treasure Box of the Future” is about, which is also a pretext for a conversation with its curator about the perception of amber and the building of its contemporary brand.

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    • At MSB we operate from a passion for amber - an interview with Ewa Wagner-Wysiecka

      There are at least as many myths surrounding the International Amber Association as there are surrounding amber itself. Unfortunately, some of them are damaging - both to the organisation and to its members. Hence - on the eve of the MSB's general membership meeting - the need to defuse them.

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    • Amber by other criteria - a conversation with Prof. Sławomir Fijałkowski

      Today, Baltic amber is increasingly rarely associated with the conservative jewellery of yesteryear, and in the hands of contemporary artists it has the potential to become a hipster material offering unlimited possibilities for its surprisingly innovative reinterpretations, says the curator of the exhibition „Baltic Amber 2024 > Other Criteria”.

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    • Everyone can get involved in the implementation of the Gdańsk World Amber Capital strategy - interview with Joanna

      During AMBERIF SPRING, the long-awaited strategy for the Gdańsk World Amber Capital project for the years 2023 - 2033 was announced. It is operated by the Gdańsk International Fair, the first actions have already been taken, and MTG invites all interested parties to cooperate. What is the project for and how can you get involved?

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    • It's worth setting goals - an interview with Adam Pstrągowski

      In the 1990s, when mass-produced jewellery was mass-produced in Poland and no designers were employed in the jewellery industry because the owner was the „rudder, sailor and ship” and therefore also the designer, Adam Pstrągowski, president of S&A Jewellery Design, created the Design Studio, through which, over the course of 30 years, many excellent designers of jewellery with amber passed.

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    • Amber in Silesia - interview with Robert Bartkowski

      Amber in Silesia is somewhat exotic,„ says Robert Bartkowski, curator of the exhibition ”Amber, the Treasure of the Baltic" at the Caro Villa in Gliwice, which can still be seen until 7 January 2024. When discussing the exhibition, we learn that amber in Lower Silesia has quite a rich tradition, which he managed to... discover.

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    • Now is a great time for amber - an interview with Emilia Kohut

      She turned the avant-garde thinking of amber into a classic one. The once shocking combinations of amber and resin for natural raw materials. Fancy shapes for comfortable forms. Emilia Kohut presents her new personal brand ION. 

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    • Jewellery is the only way I can communicate what touches me - talking to

      Self-therapeutic and inspiring to reflection - this is Jolanta Gazda's latest jewellery collection. It is the result of the author's reflections on relativism in the perception of reality and sensitivity to other people and their individual situations.

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    • I am happy that my jewellery is still being worn - an interview with Kamilla Rohn

      She has been making jewellery since she was a child, and her nature-inspired designs - despite the rapidly changing fashions - invariably find enthusiastic buyers. She talks about her 55 years of creative work in an interview, while her jewellery is featured in her just-opened solo exhibition at the Museum of Goldsmith's Art in Kazimierz Dolny entitled „LV”.

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    • I have relaxed - an interview with Tadeusz Jaskowiak

      What motivates a jeweller with 40 years of professional experience to enter conceptual jewellery competitions? And how is it possible for him to win top prizes right away? What is the secret of his success?

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    • Everything can be changed - an interview with Cezary Łutowicz

      Although striped flint has always been known, it only made its debut as a jewellery stone 50 years ago. Its charm was noticed by a young artist who came to Sandomierz from the opposite end of Poland. His fascination with striped flint continues to this day and has turned into... an everyday occurrence.

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    • It's quite nice to be called Blazko - an interview with Grzegorz Blazko

      Few ideas are as distinctive and yet brilliantly simple as his black-and-white chessboard with a rust spot in the middle of each white field. Many legends have already grown up around his collection, which he fuels by adding ideology to everything he does.

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    • There is no boredom, there is inspiration - a conversation with Jan Suchodolski

      His greatest passion is creating jewellery - so much so that, wanting to stay in the profession at all costs, he found a niche in the jewellery market, where he has been successfully operating for a decade now. The jewellery he has been making for more than 40 years, and the pictures he has „outed” over the last four years, have earned him the Badge of Honour for his contribution to Warsaw.

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    • Paradoxically, this is a good time for change - an interview with Tomasz Kargul

      The end of the Baltic amber jewellery boom in Asia, the pandemic or inflation did not prevent the designer from deciding to abandon his existing contracts in favour of building his own brand. His competitive advantage is... amber...

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