Selection of Metalwork
All Designs Copyright Maeve Gillies 2017
Highland Park 50yo Limited Edition whisky bottle
Highland Park Distillery invited Maeve to create a unique bottle for their 50yo whisky launch in 2010.
Inspired by the wild and rugged natural elements of the Scottish island of Orkney, Maeve aimed to create a bottle that would visually communicate what made Highland Park unique without any words, as well as an object that was precious enough to be worthy of the oldest island single malt in the world.
A visitor to the beautiful Orkney islands since a child, Maeve conveyed a natural and nautical theme in her Sterling silver bottle, evoking ropes, twisted seaweed and a metal finish that looked like it could have been a very old and precious object, discovered washed up on the beach. Set on the front is a disc of genuine Orcadian pink sandstone carved with Highland Park's logo, sourced from the original quarry that built the incredible 12th century St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.
Behind this disc, viewable through the glass when the whisky has been finished, is an ethereal silver replica of the beautiful rose window inside the Cathedral.
The bottle is presented in a hand-carved Scottish oak box, also shaped to feel worn by wild elements, and set with a silver and glass porthole, through which the Highland Park logo on the bottle inside can just be viewed.
This was launched at Harrods in London as a Limited Edition of 275 bottles for 10,000GBP per bottle. Achieving instant acclaim, it went on to win WORLD'S TOP DESIGN as well as BEST LIMITED EDITION at the inaugural World Whiskies Design Awards in London, March 2012. The Highland Park video series featuring Maeve Gillies are available below.
Inspired by the wild and rugged natural elements of the Scottish island of Orkney, Maeve aimed to create a bottle that would visually communicate what made Highland Park unique without any words, as well as an object that was precious enough to be worthy of the oldest island single malt in the world.
A visitor to the beautiful Orkney islands since a child, Maeve conveyed a natural and nautical theme in her Sterling silver bottle, evoking ropes, twisted seaweed and a metal finish that looked like it could have been a very old and precious object, discovered washed up on the beach. Set on the front is a disc of genuine Orcadian pink sandstone carved with Highland Park's logo, sourced from the original quarry that built the incredible 12th century St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.
Behind this disc, viewable through the glass when the whisky has been finished, is an ethereal silver replica of the beautiful rose window inside the Cathedral.
The bottle is presented in a hand-carved Scottish oak box, also shaped to feel worn by wild elements, and set with a silver and glass porthole, through which the Highland Park logo on the bottle inside can just be viewed.
This was launched at Harrods in London as a Limited Edition of 275 bottles for 10,000GBP per bottle. Achieving instant acclaim, it went on to win WORLD'S TOP DESIGN as well as BEST LIMITED EDITION at the inaugural World Whiskies Design Awards in London, March 2012. The Highland Park video series featuring Maeve Gillies are available below.
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Macallan Lalique 60yo Limited Edition whisky bottle
The world famous Macallan Distillery has collaborated with renowned French crystal company Lalique on a series of Limited Edition whisky bottlings.
For this 2011 edition, Maeve assisted Macallan and Lalique to design and incorporate 'heritage' copper into their crystal stopper.
The stopper was cast using reclaimed copper from decommissioned Macallan stills, adding a beautiful detail to the bottling with great historical significance to the Distillery.
Launched in 2011.
For this 2011 edition, Maeve assisted Macallan and Lalique to design and incorporate 'heritage' copper into their crystal stopper.
The stopper was cast using reclaimed copper from decommissioned Macallan stills, adding a beautiful detail to the bottling with great historical significance to the Distillery.
Launched in 2011.