A recent addition to the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN incubator, The Winter House hosted a sculptural journey on Saturday afternoon for SS25, in which jewellery transcended mere adornment to grow into souvenirs of decay and preservation. In an almost blacked-out hollow, All Flesh is Grass orchestrated an unsettling atmosphere, reminiscent of an underworld shrine as guests are welcomed by a grainy film projection of flies oscillating, foregrounding the gothic narrative.

Further into the dimly lit realm, casts of Winter’s own hands erect beneath intrusive, clinical lights, evoking an unsettling familiarity that resonated with the anxiety of night- shadows morph into haunting nightmares beneath flickering hazy street lamps. A London-based sculptural jewellery design studio, The Winter House continually draws inspiration from the natural world, intertwining it with the stark realities of urban development, employing recycled silver in a regurgitation of emotive craftsmanship.

A sensory indulgence, creative director Liam Winter himself sits centre of the cave, away at work polishing jewellery live in front of onlookers, an anchoring of the handmade quality behind the studio and the talent behind each piece. As a soundscape of jittering and buzzing flies tease the room, Winter’s rhythm of aggressive drill bits and polishing tools chimes in. An unsteady, climactic crescendo that envelops you, preparing for an eruption in an otherwise evangelical setting- Winter’s backlit frame hunched over the worktop like a biblical figure.

The Winter House’s provocative designs represent a natural progression from previous work, with signature splinters and thorn-like structures taking center stage, encasing charcoal grooves and wrinkles of skin. One standout piece features a traditional cross necklace, besieged by silver flies feasting on what appears to be flesh, with poignant scarlet rubies emerging from beneath the swarm. Another ring, framed by teething tendrils and white sapphires, resembles a flytrap—both beautiful and grotesque. Surging across various depths of rings, flies continue, with dark signet rings lurking behind the insects like rotting flesh, creating haunting visions of natural cycles. Memento Mori narratives of mortality run through motifs of skulls, contrasting the energetic silver insect creations.

Endeavoring to remind us that jewelry is alive, imbued with a rich history- from armour to sacred oaths, status to protection- The Winter House’s SS25 culminates in a singular design philosophy that confronts our own mortality through metal. Challenging us to reconsider our relationship with adornment, Liam invites introspection on the nature of life and death, decay and seduction, even in the realm of silver.