DESIGNER jewellers and textile artists are to highlight the creativity of communication in an exhibition.

Twenty one members of the Designer Jewellers Group and 22 textile artists created works for the display, called Fusion, which will be at the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery, from next Saturday.

The multi-media exhibition spans both functional and decorative objects.

One third of the textile artists come from Europe or North America, leading to greater diversity.

Fusion runs alongside an exhibition on the history of portrait photography, which features work by contemporary photographers including Linda McCartney, Lord Lichfield and Lord Snowdon.

Published: 06/03/2004