"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." - Aristotle

Daniel Kruger’s jewelry exists at the crossroads of history, geometry, desire, and nature itself. Born in South Africa and based in Germany, Kruger’s internationally recognized practice—shaped by his studies under Professor Hermann Jünger—draws from diverse cultural traditions, natural forms, and historical artifacts.⁠
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Kruger has long explored what he calls “the erotic quality” of balance and pairing—twin pendants, double-pronged rings, mirrored brooches. His materials, too, reflect his love of paradox: coral, turquoise, pearls, and silver that look like they could have been pulled from a shipwreck or unearthed in a palace archive.⁠

In his 2021 retrospective publication Between Nature and Artifice, Kruger’s work was described as “sensual rigor.” That phrase lingers here. There’s rigor in the repetition, in the Euclidean logic of his forms. But there’s also heat—lush curves, sumptuous materials, a sense of ornament as bodily pleasure.⁠

His pieces, rich with materials such as turquoise, coral, silver, and ceramic, often echo botanical and animal patterns, capturing the vitality of the natural world while subtly referencing humanity’s ongoing tension with nature. Kruger blends symmetry and sensuality, pattern and intuition, to create jewelry that feels both ancient and freshly discovered, relics of an imagined garden rooted deeply in the natural world.⁠

In GARDEN, Kruger’s work reminds us of nature's profound influence, guiding us between what grows and what we make—between the natural and the artificial, the organic and the ornamented.⁠