The Jewellery–Linking Bodies department is looking forward to hosting Robert Pytlos, who will introduce Baltic amber to the JLB students on Thursday, 23 April.
Why is natural raw Baltic amber known as the noble resin, and what distinguishes it from the hundred other fossil resins? In this special workshop, participants will learn about amber as a jewelry and ornamental material, its properties and history and the basic methods for its manual processing.
The workshop is implemented within the framework of the project Gdansk – the world capital of amber.
Robert Pytlos, coordinator of the Mayor of the City of Gdansk responsible for 19 years for the project Gdansk – the world capital of amber, journeyman in the craft of amber working, long-time secretary of the World Amber Council, awarded the Amber Circle Medal of the International Amber Association, honorary member of the National Amber Chamber of Commerce, awarded the Honorary Badge of the Association of Polish Crafts, author of article entries about Baltic amber and amber industry in the Gedanopedia (Gdańsk Encyclopedia), lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Gdańsk, Poland.