The "PF Revisited" project aims to save traditional techniques of handcrafted jewellery production, such as guilloché, embossing and pressing, from extinction. In semester courses and a scholarship programme at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin, retired Pforzheim master jewellers pass on their expertise to students. The EMMA - Creative Centre Pforzheim is home to the project office with historical machines, where traditional techniques can be transferred into contemporary design. "PF Revisited" is a project of the jewellery course at Pforzheim University and is supported by C. Hafner. It is part of the overall project "Manufakturelle Schmuckgestaltung" of the Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (SDTB). The German UNESCO Commission has included it in the register of "Good Practice Examples for the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage".
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The following machines are available at EMMA:
- Guilloché machine, degree train
- Drop hammer
If you are interested in using the project office or the machines, please contact us:
Fabian Jäger
fabian.jaeger@ws-pforzheim.de
07231 39 2323
