Zuzanna Franczak - assistant instructor at the Experimental Design Studio, presents how to design jewellery with use of Virtual Reality technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland on March 11, 2026. Long coveted for its golden color, scientific value and alleged healing properties, amber is now coming into the hand of young Polish jewelers, bringing the ancient resin into modern times. Together with drills, sanders, blasters, and power saws which look like they belong to a bygone era, virtual reality stations are used to combine earlier tools with state-of-the-art technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, a city on Poland's Baltic Coast known as amber's global capital. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Zuzanna Franczak - assistant instructor at the Experimental Design Studio, present a ring she designed as a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland on March 11, 2026. Long coveted for its golden color, scientific value and alleged healing properties, amber is now coming into the hand of young Polish jewelers, bringing the ancient resin into modern times. Together with drills, sanders, blasters, and power saws which look like they belong to a bygone era, virtual reality stations are used to combine earlier tools with state-of-the-art technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, a city on Poland's Baltic Coast known as amber's global capital. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Zuzanna Franczak - assistant instructor at the Experimental Design Studio, present a mask she designed and created with use of 3D printing technic as she was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland on March 11, 2026. Long coveted for its golden color, scientific value and alleged healing properties, amber is now coming into the hand of young Polish jewelers, bringing the ancient resin into modern times. Together with drills, sanders, blasters, and power saws which look like they belong to a bygone era, virtual reality stations are used to combine earlier tools with state-of-the-art technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, a city on Poland's Baltic Coast known as amber's global capital. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Professor and jewellery designer Slawomir Fijalkowski, head of the Experimental Design Studio on Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, poses for the pictures at the Amber Museum in Gdansk, Poland on March 10, 2026. Long coveted for its golden color, scientific value and alleged healing properties, amber is now coming into the hand of young Polish jewelers, bringing the ancient resin into modern times. Together with drills, sanders, blasters, and power saws which look like they belong to a bygone era, virtual reality stations are used to combine earlier tools with state-of-the-art technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, a city on Poland's Baltic Coast known as amber's global capital. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Professor and jewellery designer Slawomir Fijalkowski, head of the Experimental Design Studio on Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, poses for the pictures at the Amber Museum in Gdansk, Poland on March 10, 2026. Long coveted for its golden color, scientific value and alleged healing properties, amber is now coming into the hand of young Polish jewelers, bringing the ancient resin into modern times. Together with drills, sanders, blasters, and power saws which look like they belong to a bygone era, virtual reality stations are used to combine earlier tools with state-of-the-art technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, a city on Poland's Baltic Coast known as amber's global capital. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

This picture taken at the exhibion of Amber Museum in Gdansk presents pieces of artistic jewellery made of natural Baltic amber, designed with use of Virtual Reality and created with use of 3d printing techinc by Martyna Golinska - a student of Experimental Design Stuio of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland on March 10, 2026. Long coveted for its golden color, scientific value and alleged healing properties, amber is now coming into the hand of young Polish jewelers, bringing the ancient resin into modern times. Together with drills, sanders, blasters, and power saws which look like they belong to a bygone era, virtual reality stations are used to combine earlier tools with state-of-the-art technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, a city on Poland's Baltic Coast known as amber's global capital. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor presents necklace made from natural Baltic amber at an amber shop on Mariacka Street in Gdansk, Poland on March 10, 2026. Long coveted for its golden color, scientific value and alleged healing properties, amber is now coming into the hand of young Polish jewelers, bringing the ancient resin into modern times. Together with drills, sanders, blasters, and power saws which look like they belong to a bygone era, virtual reality stations are used to combine earlier tools with state-of-the-art technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, a city on Poland's Baltic Coast known as amber's global capital. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Zuzanna Franczak - assistant instructor at the Experimental Design Studio, presents how to design jewellery with use of Virtual Reality technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland on March 11, 2026. Long coveted for its golden color, scientific value and alleged healing properties, amber is now coming into the hand of young Polish jewelers, bringing the ancient resin into modern times. Together with drills, sanders, blasters, and power saws which look like they belong to a bygone era, virtual reality stations are used to combine earlier tools with state-of-the-art technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, a city on Poland's Baltic Coast known as amber's global capital. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)