Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery: TRESOR Jewellery

In any museum, there are generally both temporary and permanent exhibitions.  Even the permanent exhibitions are not always entirely permanent.  Museums have many more items than they can display at one time and in order to keep things interesting, they often rotate things.  This is often a slow rotation, so each month, a few paintings might change or an extra display case might appear.  Sometimes it's hard to tell if you missed something on a previous visit or things have changed.  There is just so much to see in any museum.

The art gallery is one of these permanent exhibitions.  It is situated on the first floor and is very literally a gallery, as it is a balcony space allowing you to walk right around a double height room.  It is a lovely space, with a grand ceiling. 

On my last visit, there was a small display case of buttons but on this visit I noticed two display cases of jewellery.  I really like jewellery.  It's amazing how creative and varied jewellery is.  The pieces were all inspired by objects with Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery.  One example of this was Donna Burns Reflecting the Past which was based on a section of ornate carved stained glass window framing held in the gallery below.

Tresor is the Cornish word for treasure and was chosen by this group of jewellers to represent this collection of pieces inspired by the museum.  There was also a further display and jewellery market held in November.  I wish I had realised!  Still, it was lovely to see this display!

The variety of pieces was huge for such a tiny display.  Each jeweller used different techniques and materials to enhance their creative vision.  This meant that pieces would suit people with many different styles and included large statement pieces and more subtle smaller delicate pieces.

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