Illuminations - Earth to Jewel - Paris - Until 1-2-2017

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Illuminations - Earth to Jewel - Paris - Until 1-2-2017

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Musée de Minéralogie
Boulevard Saint Michel 60
75006 Paris

Illuminations - Earth to Jewel

Until 1st February 2017

"Illuminations: Earth to Jewel" is a temporary exhibit presenting a selection of extraordinary creations of the jeweler and artist Paula Crevoshay, put in resonance with exceptional minerals in the collection of the Mineralogy Museum MINES ParisTech (Paris School of Mines). While Crevoshay invites the visitor to a contemplative journey through her creations, the Mineralogy Museum proposes to discover the rough materials and the expertise of the artists and creators. The exhibition "Illuminations" is located at the confluence of the foundations of the museum: to present and explain to the public the relationship between minerals and manufactured goods. The museum’s collection was built to define resources that can be to the service of the industry. Here, we speak of the luxury industry, which began in the heart of France, in Paris, the City of Light. It is therefore natural that these gems are exposed at the Mineralogy Museum, among the most fabulous minerals in the world.

Paula Crevoshay is a worldwide recognized artist, who creates opulent and beautiful jewelry. Her creations are inspired by nature and depict flowers, animals from the land, water and air. She uses the mineral diversity that exists in nature to give life to her jewels, sometimes created with unusual gems. For example, she knows how to use the intense sparkles of demantoid garnet and sphalerite, the subtle purple and pink colors of kunzite and sapphire, the extreme blues of chrysocolla, turquoise, aquamarine and the azurite. She plays with the different ways of cutting stones, such as faceting, carving, or polishing as cabochon, as each method enables light to be reflected, transmitted, sometimes also refracted and diffused into the gemstone in its own way. "Illuminations" is the term that defines how the artist plays with light and gemstones. The art of Paula Crevoshay is an ode to gems minerals, and its place in the Museum of Mineralogy therefore seems obvious.

Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday: 1:30 - 6pm - Saturday: 10am - 12:30pm; 2 - 5pm

Admission: 6€

http://www.musee.mines-paristech.fr/Eve ... minations/
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