“A Pool in the Ocean” at Parcours Bijoux 2026

Exhibition / 06 Oct 2026 - 18 Oct 2026

Atelier Neerlandais 22 Avenue Victoria, 75001 Paris

Q Hisashi Shibata & Stefanie Verhoef

The title draws its meaning from scale and belonging. You may picture several drops of water coming together to float and explore the vastness of the ocean. These drops are united and become indissociable, and yet they remain fluid as a whole. On the larger scale, they are both isolated and immersed in the vast blue, creating some kind of drifting utopia. Each collaboration is its own bond; together they form a molecule; together the molecules form the pool; and the pool moves, as it always has, through open water.

What interests us in this format is what emerges at the intersection of the intimate and the collective. A one-on-one collaboration is exposed, particular, shaped by direct chemistry between two people. But here, none of these pairs exists in isolation, each is part of a larger structure that only becomes visible when you step back and see the whole. The resulting exhibition is not simply a collection of jointly made objects. It is a wearable diagram of a community: a record of who bonded with whom, what passed between them, and how sixteen individual practices can be held together by something as simple, and as powerful, as connection.

Opening reception:
Wednesday, October 7th 2026
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Opening hours: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Closed on Mondays

A Pool in the Ocean is the third collaborative project by The Pool Amsterdam Jewelry Collective, and our most structurally intricate yet. Where Cherished Chemistries dissolved authorship across rotating trios and Metamorphosis turned attention toward the individual as muse, this new project asks: what does a collective look like when you map every connection within it?

Annelies Planteijdt & Jiayi Lao

Stefanie Verhoef & Ela Bauer

Sophia Zobel & Marguerite Bones

Artist list

Caroline Bach, Ela Bauer, Marguerite Bones, Morgane De Klerk, Paul Derrez, Triin Kukk, Jiayi Lao, Floor Mommersteeg, Iris Nieuwenberg, Annelies Planteijdt, Cat Priem, Hisashi Shibata, Stefanie Verhoef, Sophia Zobel, Gabriella Goldsmith

Check out the Parcours Bijoux 2026 programme here

PARCOURS BIJOUX

Metamorphosis, Obsessed! 2025

The Pool takes part in Obsessed! with ‘Metamorphisis’. An exhibition where each member made a piece inspired by its muse, its muse being another member.
Opening Friday 7th November, 5-9pm

Jiayi Lao, Muse Morgane de Klerk

Iris Nieuwenburg, Muse Martina Turini

Metamorphosis is grounded in mutual care, in the understanding that transformation is never a solitary act. Just as jewellery gains meaning through its wearer, the collective finds depth through each of its members. In this exhibition, jewellery is an act of care and recognition.

This project explores the idea that transformation can emerge through acts of attention, intention, and creation directed toward others; as individual entities within a collective structure.

Sophia Zobel, Muse Ela Bauer

Amsterdam 750th Birthday

The Pool celebrates its city’s birthday with handmade souvenirs, relating to personnal and universal memories.

Souvenirs

Photo and Jewelry composition with pieces from Morgane, Annelies, Iris, and Sophia.

Amsterdam cat watching you watching souvenirs on the carroussel

The current show is displayed on historical photographic book of the city, and will remain on our dear carroussel for all 2025.

Little Pickles necklaces by Q Hisashi Shibata

Upcoming show is the 5th Birthday of the Pool, on 5th of June 2025, ex-members have been invited to join the show.

5th 5th 5th

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highlight

The ‘highlight’ programme was running for over two years at the pool. Every 3 weeks, a member of the pool took the central display and do whatever they wanted. An opportunity to dig into each member’s universe.

The Gold Bath

at Object Rotterdam
1st-4th February, Stand 0.05
Haka Building

A layer of light has covered our pieces, celebrating the heartwarming beauty of gold, The Pool presents a set of gold-plated jewelry.

Gold Bath is an embodiment of the process of gilding; adding 5 micron gold to our collection aureate us during the darkest time of the year, expressing the chemical reaction of working as a collective.

Model @xiomaravirdo
Photographed by @nikolalamburov
Styling @j.herfst
Muah @samu.el

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MIS/MATCH

18th March - 23rd April

MIS/MATCH incorperates a game-like element by presenting the jewelry as collectibles to mix and match. Two singles can complement each other, whether that be through size, color, or design element. The wearer can experiment with different combinations to create unlikely configurations.

If you match with one of our pieces, click for more details or contact us

*The Pool* presents *The Pond*.
A life aquatic extravaganza to celebrate life, spring, and three new additions.

Please welcome our new members *Isabel Wang Pontoppidan* & *Martina Turini*

Synchronized Swimming

For the last edition of Obsessed! Jewelry Festival, the Pool hosted a collaborative show, Synchronized Swimming. After getting a new skin with an interior renovation, we hosted exclusive collaborations between our members and guests. Up there you can find pictures of the opening night and underneath pictures of the pieces on show.

Participants - Lindsey Fontijn x Stefanie Verhoef, Alex Gasparis x Charles-Antoine Chappuis, Morgane de Klerk x Qiran Xu, Marguerite Bones x Claire Normand, Chloe Valorso x Congregation Design, Caroline Bach  Q Hisashi Shibata, Gabriella Goldsmith, Floor Mommersteeg, Ela Bauer, Andrea Wagner, Simon Marsiglia & Paul Derrez!