The insects we love to hate

Insectmania: the new limited collection by Delfina Delettrez

Delfina Delettrez has a difficult relationship with insects. She loves them and she hates them, following the fetishistic theory of the subconscious notion that we are most attracted to that which repels us the most. In order to cure her fear and at the same time to celebrate her love for nature, she launched Insectmania, a unique capsule collection designed to be sold exclusivity at Dover Street Market London. The collection consists of three unique brooches handmade in her Roman atelier from either rose silver and freshwater pearls, silver and quartz or black silver and tourmaline, including a taxidermy insect from her personal collection, preserved in resin to form the tail. Alongside the brooches, the designer has also created a pair of earrings with silver claws and long kinetic legs and antennas framing the large tourmaline body. The same shape is enlarged to form the pendant of a necklace set on a chain of natural freshwater pearls and a miniature brooch.

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The collection is available exclusivity at Dover Street Market London, where each piece is presented in a bespoke entomological glass display box featuring a metal plate inscribed with its unique number in the limited series. Alongside an installation of the pieces in the DSM Jewellery Space where the brooches will be placed under maxi microscopic lenses as if in a laboratory.