‘THORNS’ by Guido Mocafico

Exhibition at No.9 Cork Street, London

With THORNS, Guido Mocafico crafts a precise visual language that frames jewelry within nature’s own design. Each composition presents desert and succulent plants, including teasel, acacia, aloe marothii, and cow’s horn plant, as sculptural counterparts to TOTEME’s jewelry. The pairing of organic forms with the collection’s clean lines and refined materiality reflects nature’s sculptural mastery and the jewelry's precise design language. The dialogue of shapes, distinct yet delicate, imbues the jewelry with a sense of resilience. Through Mocafico’s lens, jewelry and plants resonate with a shared essence of refinement and depth.

SIGNATURE PAVÉ HOOPS on Cucumis zeyheri
CREW-NECK CHAIN NECKLACE on Dipsacus fullonum

“I’ve long been an admirer of Guido Mocafico’s legendary work and have been looking for the right project to begin an open dialogue. His ability to recontextualize the everyday objects we often overlook is extraordinary, and his work shows the true sculptural supremacy of nature. There’s a tension to these images that I love, and which is unmistakably TOTEME,”
- Karl Lindman, TOTEME.

CREW-NECK CHAIN on Euphorbia grandicornis
DIAMOND CHAIN BRACELET on Aloe marlothii