BELLEVUE, WA.- Bellevue Arts Museum presents the first major retrospective of internationally‐known, Seattle‐based jeweler Mary Lee Hu, on view February 7 ‐ June 17, 2012. Featuring more than 90 exquisite earrings, rings, brooches and neckpieces, drawn from both public and private collections all over the world, Knitted, Knotted, Twisted & Twined: The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu traces this artist’s evolution from her early experimental designs of the 1960s to today’s creations full of light and movement. A much‐anticipated hardbound catalogue, produced by Bellevue Arts Museum, will be released and nationally distributed in mid March. Using wire the way hand weavers use threads, Hu has blazed a trail both as artist and innovator, exploring the nexus between metalsmithing and textile techniques over the past 40 years. Her graceful and apparently effortless creations, formed by intricate twining