Fiction in the Space Between is the result of 18 months' hard work by Whanganui jeweller Frances Stachl.
The exhibition is showing at the i-Site Gallery in Taupo Quay until January.
It's not an exhibition that the viewer can lightly skim, as each piece tells an individual story.
The exhibition began with Ms Stachl asking friends, family, acquaintances and strangers to donate an item that she could respond to in jewellery form. Fifty-one people in total gave items, ranging from an entire piano to a collection of seed pearls.
In some cases the donated items were too precious or could not be displayed in the exhibition - for these Ms Stachl worked from a photograph. Other items Ms Stachl incorporated into a new piece of jewellery; while in a third category, Ms Stachl responded to the item with a completely separate piece of jewellery.