Nine students and two staff from the British Academy of Jewellery (BAJ) had their work featured in the Transforma(c)tions exhibition at the Munich Mineral Museum. The official opening took place on 6th March 2026, and their pieces are displayed alongside international makers.
Curated by Dr Sofie Boons and Yitong Zhang, a PhD candidate at the Glasgow School of Art, the exhibition brings together emerging and established makers exploring the relationship between minerals, light, and contemporary jewellery.
BAJ students exhibited within the exhibition’s Optics Zone, exploring the transformative qualities of minerals through phosphorescence, fluorescence, and light-responsive surfaces.
Two BAJ staff members also exhibited work in Zone 1: Energetics, exploring crystals as active materials and revealing new narratives of resonance and transformation. Sofie Boons had a full display of her work exhibited in Zone 3: Physics and some work alongside BAJ student’s in Zone 4: Optics.
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