Maria Julietta

Maria Julietta Drawing inspiration from the wisdom of ancestry and the boundless beauty of family.

For Rachel.Her mother's ashes set with peridot.Her sister's ashes set with blue topaz.Held together on one band, worn ev...
30/07/2026

For Rachel.

Her mother's ashes set with peridot.
Her sister's ashes set with blue topaz.
Held together on one band, worn every day.

Recycled 9k yellow gold. Hand-formed in the studio.

Rachel's ring belongs to Hera — our small family
of keepsake pieces made to hold ashes, hair, breast milk,
or a fragment of something meaningful.

In the Byzantine reliquary tradition, kept close to the body.

Hera comes in necklaces, rings, and bespoke pieces made
to your story. One keepsake, two, or three.

For Rachel. Shared with her blessing.
Made in Kingscliff · Recycled 9k yellow gold

Explore Hera — link in bio.

27/07/2026

On antiquity, made in Australia.

For their wedding anniversary, Denise asked me
to remake her aquamarine ring into something she could
wear closer to her heart.

We kept the same stone he'd given her years ago, and
set it in recycled 9k gold with small white sapphires
dangling beneath it like water.

Now it hangs on her pearl necklace, worn most days.
The same stone. A different life for it.
..This is what I mean when I say antiquity, made in Australia.
Not only the old traditions of goldsmithing, but the
older practice of remaking, of continuing, of not letting
a beautiful stone sit in a drawer.

If you have a piece of jewellery you love but don't wear,
I'd like to talk with you about giving it a new life.

Bespoke enquiry — link in bio.

For Denise. Shared with her blessing.

Some new pieces on the bench.A small collection of earrings in the same tradition as Cleo and Malka — the Etruscan and G...
23/07/2026

Some new pieces on the bench.

A small collection of earrings in the same tradition as Cleo and Malka — the Etruscan and Girandole lineages that first pulled me toward antiquity.

Rubies. Opals. Pearls. Tourmalines. Sapphires.
Recycled 9k yellow gold and sterling silver.

Some in wax still, almost ready to cast. And some in the final touches.

I'll share them properly when they arrive.
This is the quiet first look.

To be first to know when they land, subscribe to the
studio letter — link in bio.

I wear this one every day.This is my Pritha Ring, the piece I made for myself in recycled 9k yellow gold, with my two ch...
17/07/2026

I wear this one every day.

This is my Pritha Ring, the piece I made for myself in recycled 9k yellow gold, with my two children's fingerprints on either side of a small orange sapphire.

The shape is unusual. A little off-centre, softly curved, quiet enough that most people don't notice. But I know. Every time I look at my hand, I see them.

The orange sapphire between them, small and warm, is just for me. A stone that catches the light on grey days.

If you'd like one for yourself or for a touch you never want to forget, link in bio to begin.

Made in Kingscliff · Recycled 9k yellow gold

Meet the Pritha Impression Necklace.A small pendant that holds a fingerprint.Yours, or someone you love.A child's first ...
15/07/2026

Meet the Pritha Impression Necklace.

A small pendant that holds a fingerprint.
Yours, or someone you love.

A child's first print.
A grandparent's last.
A partner's hand against yours.

Each one is hand-carved with organic edges, finished
in recycled sterling silver or recycled 9k yellow gold,
and hung on one of our five chains, including the studio's
original "paperclip chain".

Made once, from a print only that person could give.
Never repeated.

Available made-to-order. Link in bio to begin.

Most people only know sapphires as blue.But Australia produces some of the world's most distinctive sapphires — and they...
13/07/2026

Most people only know sapphires as blue.

But Australia produces some of the world's most distinctive sapphires — and they come in green, yellow, pink, orange, and sometimes more than one colour in a single crystal.

I have three of them in the studio right now. All untreated, all from Rubyvale or New England, all available to design around.

Swipe to see what an Australian sapphire actually looks like.

→ Link in bio.

For Marina.One necklace. Everyone she carries.The silhouette of her son — the first charm, made before any of the others...
09/07/2026

For Marina.

One necklace. Everyone she carries.

The silhouette of her son — the first charm, made before any of the others.
The silhouette of her daughter — added when the family grew.
Her eldest's fingerprint, set with a blue sapphire, his initial stamped on the back.
Her youngest's fingerprint, set with a red garnet, taken when she was still a tiny baby.
Two small stones — orange and pink — for two babies she carried but never met.
An infinity symbol — for the friend who is, in every way that matters, family.

All held together on our studio paperclip chain.
Worn every day, close to her heart.

—

This piece didn't arrive all at once. It began with one charm and grew slowly,
as her life did. Each addition was made here in the studio and hung beside
what came before.

That's what this kind of piece is — a necklace that grows with you.

If you carry someone — living or lost, family or chosen — you already
know why this one matters.

—

Shared with Marina's blessing.
Made in Melbourne · Recycled sterling silver · Studio paperclip chain
Bespoke enquiries — link in bio.

A small thank you to a Roman goldsmith I'll never meet.In 1836, an Etruscan tomb was excavated at Cerveteri, north of Ro...
07/07/2026

A small thank you to a Roman goldsmith I'll never meet.

In 1836, an Etruscan tomb was excavated at Cerveteri, north of Rome. What came out of it was extraordinary — gold pieces from the 7th century BC, made with techniques nobody had used in 2,000 years. Granulation, filigree, the kind of detail that shouldn't have been possible.

A jeweller named Fortunato Pio Castellani spent the rest of his life trying to figure out how it was made. Through trial and error, he and his sons rediscovered the techniques. By the 1860s, the Castellani workshop in Rome was famous across Europe for making "archaeological revival" jewellery, modern pieces in the ancient tradition.

The Etruscan revival is the thread I keep returning to pearl-bordered settings, central stones, gold that feels more like an artefact than a product.

Castellani reached backwards 2,500 years to find something true. Same idea, different century, different hemisphere.

— Paola

A piece in the same tradition as Tuesday's post.There's a kind of sapphire that holds more than one colour at once — mos...
03/07/2026

A piece in the same tradition as Tuesday's post.

There's a kind of sapphire that holds more than one colour at once — most of the world's are mined in Australia, in the New England fields of New South Wales. They're called parti sapphires.

The stone in Malka is one of them. Hand-cut into a shield, set in recycled 9k yellow gold, with three small freshwater pearls suspended below — soft movement against a stone that holds still.

Ancient form, southern stone.

→ Link in bio.

— Paola

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