"Illuminations: Earth to Jewel" is a temporary exhibit presenting a selection of extraordinary creations of the jeweler and artist Paula Crevoshay juxtaposed wtih exceptional minerals in the collection of the Mineralogy Museum MINES ParisTech (Paris School of Mines). While Crevoshay invites the visitor on a contemplative journey through her creations, the Mineralogy Museum proposes to illustrate the transformation of rough materials by the expertise of 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 used for industry. Here the museum lends its collection to explaining jeweraly making, a 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 using unusual gems. For example, she knows how to use the intense sparkles of demantoid garnet and sphalerite, the subtle purples and pinks of kunzite and sapphire, and the extreme blues of chrysocolla, turquoise, aquamarine and azurite. She plays with the different ways of cutting stones, such as faceting, carving, or polishing as cabochon, allowing each method to enable light to be reflected, transmitted, sometimes refracted, and diffused into the gemstone in its own particular 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 and minerals, and its place in the Museum of Mineralogy therefore seems obvious.
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And the articles related to the temporary exhibit here:
Capucine Juncker (2016). "Exposition Paula Crevoshay : Le Musée de Minéralogie des MINES ParisTech au coeur de sa vocation". Revue de Gemmologie, n° 198, pp. 29-31.
Daniel Fenoglio (2017) "Illuminations - de la Terre au Bijou". Rive Gauche, n° 392, p. 7.
GIA exhibition review, par Marie Chabrol (13 janvier 2017)
Exclusive Bijoux, par Caroline Bigeard (4 décembre 2016)
Palaminerals Newsletter (2 déc. 2016)
Jewellery Insights, par Katerina Perez (28 nov. 2016)
The Couture show, par Michelle Orman (15 nov. 2016)
Le Gemmologue (14 nov. 14 2016)
Property of a lady (14 nov. 2016)
Esprit Joaillerie (10 nov. 2016)
The Jewelry Editor (oct. 2016)
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Musée de Minéralogie
Mines Paris - PSL
60 boulevard Saint Michel
75006 Paris
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