Embossing, pressing and guilloché engraving – these techniques employed in traditional manufactory-style jewelry production are learned, practised and cultivated within the context of the “Pforzheim Revisited” project.

Supported by a scholarship sponsored by the C. Hafner company, the alumni of the Jewelry Design course at Pforzheim University explore insights gained, and enhance their knowledge of and skills in these as well as other traditional techniques.

During a stint of three or six intensive months at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin, the participants in the scholarship programme re-interpret valuable traditions, place them in unusual contexts and apply them using different materials and techniques, creating contemporary jewelry and objects, and contributing to further reviving and dynamically preserving these manufactory-style jewelry production techniques.

The exhibition is showcasing the works created over the past twelve years by participants in the programme.