Jewellery exhibition opens

The exhibition Jewellery: Materials and Meaning is now open at Whitby Museum, North Yorkshire.  It will run until June 20th 2010 and the museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, 9.30 until 4.30 (last entry 4pm).  The admission charges are £3 with some concessions available and there is a cafe in the museum (which is not open Sundays).

Some of the jewellery shown in this exhibition is not usually on display and it has been a great opportunity to display things selected from the diverse collections - putting items brought back from Pacific islands by early travellers from Whitby, together with Victorian jet and with some of my own work.  There are beads in all kinds of materials, such as the water lily seeds shown here.  I hope the visitors enjoy the detail of these beautifully constructed pieces.