SOWN

Munich Jewellery Week 2016

Hi there,

I have been trying to sit down and write this post for the past month, but things have just been crazy over here.

Well, but it is always better later than never, right? So here we go.

At the beginning of March, I had the pleasure of exhibiting again at Munich Jewellery Week with the Dialogue Collective.

(If you are getting here now, Dialogue Collective is a collective of jewellers that I am part of. We meet once a week (roughly) to talk about jewellery, of course, and we exhibit together in some events such as Munich Jewellery Week.)

For 2026, we chose SOWN as the theme for our show. It seemed very appropriate, as we were exhibiting a plant shop that looks more like a jungle, and, of course, every idea and creative process is a seed sown into something else, no?

So, after a bit of delay, here is all about our show.

SOWN BY DIALOGUE COLLECTIVE

Munich Jewellery Week 2026

Thoughts, like tiny seeds, hold immense potential but require nurturing. Under suitable conditions, fleeting ideas can grow from fragile concepts into a fruitful reality.

Will the fruits of our labour cultivate meaningful growth? This year, Dialogue Collective explores the growing stages of creative development from initial ideas to final execution. Both private and public, like seeds sown underground before flourishing above.

Jewellery Seed Instructions

SOW:

Begin where you are, right here, right now.

Only a seed and a moment.

Work the soil of imagination, loosen it gently.

WATER:

Feed regularly with curiosity.

Growth may be uneven.

Be patient; roots develop before anything is visible.

FEED:

Introduce materials - the piece will begin to take form, slowly and naturally.

Place it on the body and position it in direct light.

HARVEST:

When the piece feels balanced, ready and alive - stop.

Wear, gift or release into the world.

Participants

Aneta Wrobel, Annelisse Pfeifer, Elizabeth Bone, Isabelle Busnel, Maarit Liukkonen, Petra Bishai, Pinah, Sally Collins, Sorca.

MY TRANSLATION OF SOWN

What if we treated ideas as physical seeds?

Having this question as a starting point, I created five brooches, each made from a single seed: tagua nut, avocado pit, mango seed, date pit, and conker.

I combined them with jesmonite as if it were a structural part of the seed itself, a material that behaves like concrete but carries the lightness of an initial thought. Through this combination, my idea is that these pieces act as a reminder that when we nourish an intention, it doesn't just grow; it solidifies. It becomes a permanent part of our
narrative.

And for me, that's what these brooches are: an idea brought to concrete reality.

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Joana