For A Bestiary of Jewels, Kevin Coates has created his own encyclopaedia of animals – known as a bestiary. Made from gold and silver, shell or other unusual materials, Coates’ bestiary contains bejewelled animals, each mounted into the middle of a ‘page’.
Like a medieval bestiary’s myths, lore and morals, Coates’ jewellery is also symbolic. This bestiary represents a connection between animal an…