Masterclass with Sofia Bjorkman: Wild Hybrids. Part of the 3rd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2026

Later, materials such as metals and fabric were shaped by the human hand and became increasingly refined. Today, these boundaries blur: natural and synthetic materials merge, digital processes inform making, and the wild may exist as much in data and imagination as in nature.

Through discussion and making, we will explore how wild and artificial materials can be transformed into something unexpected and unpredictable.

Questions that will guide the work:
How do we tame the wild, and how do we make the artificial appear wild?
Can jewellery be both raw and sophisticated at once?
Can it act as a mediator between worlds, or a site of collision?
 
Participants will work with contrasts such as natural/artificial, precious/discarded, controlled/unpredictable, while reflecting on transformation, hybridity, and our role as makers within these entangled systems.


Dates and hours: 19 – 23 September 2026. 
Sat 19 Sept 2 pm — 6 pm.
Sun-Wed 20 — 23 Sept 10 am — 6 pm.
Language: English with translation into Portuguese.
Participants: 8 to 14 students.
Fee: 380 € (320 € for PIN Members).
Registration until the end of July: 50% payment required to reserve a place; registration after July: 100% payment required.
- The remaining balance must be paid by 30 August, under penalty of losing the place.
- Payments are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.

Contact: Catarina Silva (head of jewellery department, Arco), Marta Costa Reis (Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial).