"The green man is an ancient architectural motif with mysterious and possibly pagan origins. As a cult metaphor for harmonious living with nature, he speaks to the parts of me that want to move into a hut in the bush and never come out."

Jess Dew, of the jewellery brand - Screaming Jewellery based in Tāmaki Makaurau, takes heavy metal medievalism, fused with staunchly lowbrow fruitiness, and transforms into quintessential campy gothy shiny stuff.

The Green Man, 2025, brooch, bronze, glass, steel, 80x80x30mm