There is little more precious on the planet – and I mean that in the monetary sense – than gold and gemstones, but there is another natural material that is vying for attention in contemporary luxury jewellery: wood.
Brazilian-born jewellery designer Fernando Jorge showed just how precious wood can be at the PAD art fair in London this autumn. His Deep Stream collection didn’t skimp on gold and diamonds, but the jewels’ true siren call, which had collectors massing at his stand, was its use of smooth cuts of deeply hued Amazonian Red Louro.
