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Jewelry this season is a bejeweled museum of natural history. Buds and blossoms are fresh off the stem. Animals, birds, and insects have legs and ears, wings and beaks. Fruit is ripe and round, ready for picking. Although nature has long inspired the jeweler’s art, these three-dimensional models are no longer confined to the whimsical brooch. Roses perch on the finger. A vine twists around the wrist. Wings extend and jewelry takes flight into new levels of dimension. Pieces both small and large have taken on more depth. Delicate small diamond stud earrings by Dalumi are cupped in curved petals that leave the earlobe. Or, at the other end of the scale, rings by Sevan Bicakci are piled with insects and flowers and all manner of garden friends or a flock of butterflies to unheard-of levels of boldness. This is jewelry for collectors. Here are some inspirations to curate your own museum case of precious flora and fauna.