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AW24: Time Machine

August 28, 2024 - Alice Barnes
AW24: Time Machine

Inspired by historical homages and glowing groundbreaking accessories: board the Tatty Devine Time Machine. An ode to 25 years of design: travel through the days of yore in a 29-piece collection where each limited edition accessory has been thoughtfully designed to pay homage to a mix of landmark moments and jewellery from our archive


Travelling from prehistory to the swinging sixties: our limited edition autumn/winter 24 collection journeys through the ages, stopping at sparkling stories of inspirational women to moments in time close to our Co-Founders, Rosie and Harriet’s hearts. Your acrylic art jewellery adventure starts here…


THE START OF TIME


Big Bang Galaxy Statement Necklace, £375


Astrologists, this way. Serve celestial style with AW24’s must-have special occasion necklace, the Big Bang Galaxy Statement Necklace. Inspired by the expansion of the universe, swirling galaxies and sparkling constellations shine in 132 multi-coloured crystals and pearl cabochons, each hand-adorned by our team of expert makers. Make this limited edition of 25 your go-to transformative necklace, ready to take you from wedding parties to New Year's nights out.


Big Bang Galaxy Pendant, £55. Big Bang Galaxy Ring, £55. 


Night sky-inspired designs don’t stop there: discover our easy-to-style galaxy pendant and matching cosmic star ring. Perfect for everyday styling to sparkling presents they’ll love.


Big Bang Galaxy Brooch, £160.


Spotted in the streets: fashion month outfits were all adorned with unique ways to style antique brooches. Nobody does 2024’s major brooch trend better than our twinkling Big Bang Galaxy Brooch, yes, bigger is always better. Complete with a numbered edition etch, this statement brooch is part of a limited edition of just 25: rock-et on monochrome lapels for serious sparkles.

Waxing Moon Necklace, £85. Waxing Moon Earrings, £75.


Wax on, wax off. Guaranteed to always be ON, it’s our Waxing Moon Necklace and matching Waxing Moon Earrings. Aglow in laser cut shades of undulating azure blue and midnight sky shade to warm buttery yellows, our moon jewellery set brings naive-style circles to your night-to-day accessories. These luxe lunar accessories look best over crisp white tees, tucked into indigo denim.


PICK OF THE PREHISTORIC


Prehistoric Hands Necklace, £115


Get creative: it’s our Prehistoric Hands Necklace, inspired by the complex rock art at the painted Cave of Hands in Argentina. Laser cut from six shades of acrylic to emulate primitive pigments made from iron oxides, these naive-style hands are hand-linked along a thick gold-plated chain to form a charm necklace that’s ready to shake up your everyday style. This is a ‘pop of red’ you can’t resist getting your mitts on.


The First Cat Necklace, £60. The First Cat Brooch, £60.


Get your paws on fierce felines recreated as carefully laser cut and handmade jewellery, inspired by mysterious first cat on earth which appeared in the Oligocene epoch. A harmonious portrayal in a neutral palette of sparkling tortoiseshell, glossy caramels and deep bronze acrylic: every detail of this mixed animal print cat is carefully etched and hand-inked.


Set to shop the full set? Nod to the current leopard print trend with an animal print pendant and matching The First Cat Brooch.


GO GREEK


Olive Branch Necklace, £150.


The perfect golden accessory inspired by the elegant silhouette of one of the Ancient Olive Tree of Vouves: each bough of luxe leaves has been carefully hand curved and linked together to form a tactile occasion necklace. Part of a numbered edition of 50, get your hands on this gold garland topped with sumptuous black olives. Pair with light-coloured linen to soft knits for Grecian goddess style. 


ENTER THE ROMAN EMPIRE


Bacchus Grapes Necklace £155.


Category is: good enough to eat accessories. Classicists and sommeliers, come together to bask in odes to sun-ripened fruits and pop on a wearable homage to mythology. Inspired by the god of wine, bold organic shapes meet wearable art in our Bacchus Grapes Necklace. Orb-like laser cut grapes are individually hand curved to form your new go-to colour-pop power necklace in mouth-watering shades of deep purple acrylic layered over swirling leaves: statement makers, this one's for you.


Roman Flowers Statement Necklace, £315. Roman Flower Earrings, £62.


Picture this: you’re gazing at the intricate floral mosaics in the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. Travel through time to Roman villas with wearable artwork, the Roman Flowers Statement Necklace. An essential for history lovers and botanists alike, adorn every look with autumn/winter’s go-to floral necklace. Reflecting the intricacy of abstract art styles: we’ve taken a journey through new jewellery-making techniques, hand-colouring each bloom in ten shades of ink.


Ready to blossom? Pick your new go-to drop earrings, our Roman Flowers Earrings, best paired with awe-inspiring Roman Flowers Necklace.


ALL OUT ELIZABETHAN

Armada Ships Necklace, £225. Armada Ship Earrings, £52.


Next stop, the seven seas. Channel a moment in history with glorious galleons: nod to the attempted invasion of England during Elizabeth I’s reign and ‘the golden age’ with our Armada Ship Necklace. A delicate arrangement of lustrous 3-D sails, gold confetti-flecked riggings and powdery ocean blue odes: our glossy boat necklace is adorned with pearl droplets we’ve been hoarding for over 10 years just waiting for the perfect project to use them on. 


Serve bold fashion looks with high necklines, swooping silhouettes and metallic statement earrings: our limited edition Armada Ship Earrings.


Elizabethan Jewels Necklace, £165.


Reinventing lavish designs: reach for our luxurious homage to our Co-Founder’s fascination with ornate designs of the 16th century, the Elizabethan Jewels Necklace. Perfect for adding elegance to any look, we’ve created intricate trails of sparkling mirror acrylic jewellery, etched with delicate detailing to mimic 3D facets of cut gemstones. Sophisticated and sparkling: either add a touch of grandeur to classic white tees or layer over silk shirts and puff sleeve dresses with our limited edition take on costume jewellery.


SEE YOU IN THE 18TH CENTURY


Cuckoo Clock Statement Necklace, £185.


From the Black Forest to our Cuckoo Clock Statement Necklace: we’re carving out time for traditional timepieces transformed into wearable wooden jewellery. As the clock strikes three, spot hand-inked leaves, owls and squirrels sit alongside delicate pine cones gently swaying from the centrepiece, all inspired by classic wood carving techniques. 


Ready to be paired with puff sleeve dresses for big Bavarian vibes, add antiques to your jewellery collection with our Cuckoo Clock Small Necklace or make time for our acrylic ode to minutes passed with our everyday layering necklace, the Sands of Time Pendant


Sands of Time Pendant, £45. Cuckoo Clock Small Necklace, £65. 


VICTORIANA VIBES

Blackberry Statement Necklace, £245. 


A forger’s delight: add juicy berries to your jewellery collection with our Blackberry Statement Necklace. Nestled between a pair of slowly ripening red berries, creamy hedgerow blooms, and tactile spinning stamen: a trio of ready-to-pick blackberries complete this fruit necklace crafted from 20 individually crafted pieces of acrylic topped with two wooden beads. Best paired with classic basics layered with this season’s trending patterns, nod to countryside strolls with tweeds to herringbones.


ODES TO DISCOVERY


Flock of Finches Statement Necklace, £185. Finch Brooch, £50.


Galapagos Islands meets original British design in our Flock of Finches Statement Necklace: inspired by naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin's evolutionary discoveries, we’ve transformed a flock of fabulous finches (and their remarkable beaks) into a must-have bird necklace for nature lovers. Ornithologists take note: our fashionable flock preen in a jewel-toned palette of plumage with golden feather details, etched and hand-inked by our team of expert jewellery makers. Statement brooch more your thing? Fly home with our Finch Brooch


Radium Necklace, £135. Radium Earrings, £45.


Style discoveries never end: radiate in glow-in-the-dark jewellery. Best layered over autumn/winter 24’s trending extravagant collars, layer up in lozenge-like acrylic shapes that really glow. A nod to pioneering women and Marie Curie’s 1989 discoveries, these radioactive shapes are topped with crystals, never-before-seen in Tatty Devine jewellery.



Lovelace Necklace, £105.


Pop on a piece of poetic science in the Lovelace Necklace. Transparent and tactile: the pioneering work of computer scientists, Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage is recreated in a unique black occasion necklace for those special moments. Hand-inked with elements from original drawings of Babbage's analytical engine plus stitch-like motifs inspired by the Jacquard loom which sparked Lovelace’s digital programming discovery: this scientific statement necklace looks best over luxe lace shirts and pleated wide-leg trousers. 



Contraceptive Pill Packet Brooch, £105.


A statement brooch a day keeps the doctor away: handmade to be worn daily, it’s our Contraceptive Pill Packet Brooch. A must-have for this season’s metallic trend, we’ve crafted a bejewelled ode to feminist milestones in the form of a circular pill packet motif. Part of a numbered edition of just 50, signal change in this sparkling statement adorned with 28 pink-hued crystals.

Made to be treasured and kept forever: this twenty-nine piece exhibition of collectable necklaces, brooches, drop earrings and ring is paired with an official Certificate of Authenticity. Add a moment in time to your art jewellery collection with our covetable accessories meticulously made by our small team of expert makers in Kent, available online and in-store now.

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Alice Barnes