Deadline for submitting works: January 31, 2025
(works for the competition are submitted in the form of photos or digital visualizations in jpg or pdf file format with a resolution of 300 DPI)
Jury deliberations: February 4, 2025
Deadline for submitting works to the exhibition: March 5, 2025
(The works qualified by the jury for the exhibition will be physically presented in the form of ready-made objects or prototypes. After the presentation at the AMBERIF Fair, the exhibition will go on a six-month tour around Poland.)
Awards ceremony: March 12, 2025
International Amber and Jewelry Fair AMBERF SPRING 2025: March 12 -14, 2025
Return of works from the exhibition to the authors: September 30, 2025.
Competition Organizer: Gdańsk International Fair SA
ul. Żaglowa 11, 80-560 Gdańsk
e-mail: amberif@amberexpo.pl
mob. +48 695 988 013
Competition Curator: Barbara Schmidt
Competition Secretary: Monika Szpatowicz
e-mail: monika.szpatowicz@amberexpo.pl
The modern world, although diverse, is strongly interconnected on many levels. Relationships are the foundation of existence, an inherent element of life, permeating every dimension.
Interpersonal relationships, relationships between humans and nature, humans and technology, individuals and communities, as well as deep, often unconscious ties between the past and the present - all this contributes to our experience of being in the world.
Relationships characterize our lives: initially those with parents, siblings and extended family, later those with friends, partners, and the community. They shape our identity, attitudes, emotions and values. They are like a delicate thread that connects us with others, creating a complex network of relationships.
Jewelry as a personal item can be a symbol of these bonds. We often reveal our attachment through jewelry; it is a sign of belonging to a group, family or life partner. Sometimes they are obvious codes, sometimes they are secret, very personal signs.
Amber is a witness of millions of years of various interactions, and the inclusions trapped inside amber show the connections between the past and the present, between life and matter. Amber embodies the passage of time and the continuity of life, and each piece of amber is unique, just like each relationship.
We invite you to create jewelry with amber, which is an expression of personal reflections on the essence of relationships, the result of a creative dialogue with nature, culture, technology, matter, history and other people. We are waiting for stories about invisible networks of relationships and subtle bonds between form and material, nature and culture, tradition and innovation, artist and recipient.
Barbara Schmidt, September 2024
