A hand-carved wooden Pinocchio recalls the early years of Roman jeweller Alessio Boschi. Nearby, mineral specimens evoke the childhood of Alexander Laut, who spent hours studying stones under a microscope at home —a microscope that belonged to his mother, a researcher. That early exposure sparked his lifelong fascination with jewellery and precious stones.

Toothpicks and chopsticks —simple, everyday objects —become unexpectedly poetic in the hands of Dickson Yewn. As a child growing up without gadgets, he and his friends waiting for the dim sums to be served built small figures from whatever was on the table. In memory of those afternoons, he later created a jewellery series featuring tiny gold star motifs with diamonds, inspired by the toothpick stars they used to assemble during dim sum games.

We also reveal childhood memories from Anna Minakova, founder of Alice in Wonderlab. The exhibition features one of the very first Barbies she customised as a child —giving the doll a handmade earring shaped like a revert stud clasp. Years later, when she created her bestselling collaboration with Alexander Laut, the now-famous “reversible earrings” with a front-facing clasp lavishly set with gemstones, she did not consciously remember having invented this idea before. The memory returned only when, visiting her parents’ home, she found the old doll in the attic and realised that the concept had first appeared in her childhood.

Portraits of our artists as children —ZAKHAR Borisenko from Epic Jewellery, VA, Irina Petrakova and others —stand on an improvised fireplace. Behind them, a video installation opens a window into winter landscapes —the cold season from each artist’s homeland. Childhood here becomes not only a theme, but an architectural principle of the exhibition.

In parallel, a dedicated room of the exhibition is devoted to pearls —rare, precious, unusual, and of unexpected colours and shapes, offering endless creative possibilities. This installation accompanies a special event on the opening day: a public talk with the world’s most renowned pearl specialist, Pinella Autore, knownin the professional community as “the Queen of Pearls.” She is flying in from France exclusively to lead this conversation at the Eurus Gallery.

In the main gallery space we present works that reference childhood through materials, form, and symbols.

EPIC Jewellery introduces its new Christmas art ornaments dedicated to the Horse, including nostalgic symbols such as the Rocking Horse.

From Alessio Boschi, cocktail rings evoke snow globes, magic balls, and spinning toys.

From Alexander Laut come seeminglyplayful, yet seriously precious fruit necklaces —done in gold and precious stones, colourful, and expertly crafted.

Richard Wu adds his witty single earrings shaped as nuts and fairytalish cuffs. 

Together, these works form a story about how we become who we are —and invite visitors to step back into their childhood, even for a moment, and remember the truest version of themselves.