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David Gill Gallery presents New Nature, a group exhibition of fine jewellery curated by author and jewellery historian Carol Woolton, running from November 14 – December 22, 2025. Bringing together seven international creatives, the design exhibition explores how today's most compelling jewellers interpret the natural world—and what ‘nature’ means in a time of environmental change and renewed appreciation for the small wonders around us.
“Nature has provided the backdrop to our lives from the beginning,” explains Woolton in the official release shared by David Gill Gallery. “As the world around us transforms, so does our vision of nature. Designers interpret nature through a complex interplay of factors dictated by fashion, artistic movements, technological innovations as well as events and beliefs of the period.”
Uniting voices from Hong Kong, Rome, Paris, London and the United States, New Nature highlights the breadth of contemporary jewellery design. Two masters anchor the showcase: Hong Kong-based jeweller Michelle Ong, whose poetic, fluid creations for her jewellery house Carnet draw on the elemental forces of wood, fire, earth, metal and water; and Italian artist Maurizio Fioravanti, one of the world’s few remaining true micro-mosaicists, who presents his Cage earrings—exquisitely intricate butterflies composed of hand-cut tesserae and avant-garde materials.
US-based jeweller Mish Tworkowski presents pieces inspired by his morning woodland walks in upstate New York—detailed studies of twigs and bark translated into sculptural designs. From Rome, Fabio Salini contributes boldly conceptual works shaped by his background in geological sciences and gemmology, pushing materials such as carbon fibre, leather and straw into unexpected, contemporary design forms.
The British countryside finds delicate expression in the work of Christopher Thompson Royds. “We’ve long brought nature into our homes to celebrate; Easter branches to welcome spring, holly to mark the winter solstice. This wild cherry branch carries that tradition, the joy of a new season captured in silver and bronze,” he shares in the official release. With handcrafting at the heart of her design process, the Lebanon and UK-based designer and architect Dina Kamal brings a modernist precision to sculptural rings and objects, balancing architectural structure with simplicity.
The exhibition also introduces a striking new voice in high jewellery: Paris-based Philippe Vourc’h, whose debut pieces—born of a lifelong connection to nature and refined through almost twenty years at Place Vendôme—capture fleeting, breath-held moments through refined craftsmanship and poetic restraint. “Each jewel from the debut Lobe collection captures that fragile instant when time seems to hold its breath—a reflection of secret inspirations, felt more than explained,” notes the press release.
Francis Sultana, CEO of the London-based gallery, sees New Nature as a vital new chapter in the gallery’s longstanding engagement with jewellery. “The jewellers that Carol has brought together, from all over the world, really are some of the very best working in fine jewellery today,” he says.
Woolton describes New Nature as a reflection of our shifting understanding of the natural world. “These modern jewels are collectible with each one illustrative of the maker’s intimate relationship with small natural wonders in their own environments from Hong Kong to Rome, Lebanon, Florida and the British countryside. Supremely crafted, they are symbolic of joy—embodying a sense of permanence to shine long into the future,” concludes her curatorial note.
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