(PRESS RELEASE) EDINBURGH, SCT — Scottish-American Designer Maeve Gillies, co-founder of trailblazing Celtic-inspired US bridal brand MaeVona, has created a remarkable, innovative Direct Metal 3D Printed platinum and titanium jewelry collection. Set with rare Scottish rocks, the collection pays tribute to her Celtic heritage and landscape, bringing the past and the future together with the new possibilities of 3D printing and precious metal powder technology.
THE TÙSAIRE COLLECTION (Tùsaire = Pioneer in Scottish Gaelic) is a 30-piece, one-of-a-kind collection of statement platinum and titanium Torc necklaces with interchangeable elements, cuffs, rings and earrings. The collection was created to research, innovate and showcase new decorative, scale and structural potential for 3D printed platinum.
Merging ancient Celtic inspiration with dynamic future vision, Maeve’s designs embrace an exciting new dawn for platinum. Ultralight hollow, precious Celtic-patterned Torc necklaces and cuffs swirl and coil platinum and titanium around each other in bold, modern and versatile silhouettes. The designs feature contrasting layers of unpolished, native 3D-printed platinum against high-polished surfaces, to showcase this moment in technology.
Revealing deep love for her native landscape, and high hopes of a beautiful future in times of great change, each jewel is named for a potent character from nature in ‘The Lost Jewels of Caledonia’, an imagined Celtic wonder tale, where each being is needed and valued, coming together to thrive as a collective.
Seven pieces of the collection are set with one-of-a-kind native Scottish rock, protected by the rigidity and durability of platinum. The centrepiece of the collection is a striking necklace set with a Scottish Renfrewshire quartz, named for the King of the Mountains, styled like an ancient Celtic Torc from the Museum collections – deploying printing technology to bring a fresh new lightness, wearability, and fashion-forward bold future vision to platinum.
Maeve says, “This exciting new technology, and my amazing technical collaborators, have allowed me to start to bring to life my dreams of where Platinum can take us. To see the collection realised in full precious metal with my Celtic-inspired style, is a magical experience.”
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Tai Wong, PGI’s Global Director of Innovation, who initiated and supported the collection throughout, shared “We really wanted to put 3D printing of Platinum to the test, to identify advantages and challenges, in hope to expedite the technology’s application in jewelry to create novel designs and experience. There is no doubt additive manufacturing will be very important for the future of jewelry as it unlocks many new possibilities.”
The collection ranges from $800-$35,000 USD. It will debut at the Inhorgenta show in Munich (February 21-24, 2025) with an educational roadshow presentation on the printing technology journey. It will then be available at maevegillies.com, and via pop-ups at select retailers worldwide.
To attend the live debut presentation, visit inhorgenta.com.
