Metal Block Workshop

I offer the Precious Metal Block Workshops at for clients who want to make their wedding rings from the same piece of metal, and customers who prefer fixed pricing. Workshops typically last 7-11 hours depending on options and how quickly you work. We can make simple or hammered bands in this workshop, or can make more customized bands as an add-on.

We start with a small block of platinum, gold or palladium. All mokume gane workshops also start with a block.

The block is heated with a torch to soften the metal and improve malleability.

We pass the metal through a rolling mill to shape it into a ring-shaped strip.

Prepared gold ring stock. Photo by Joshua Bright.

The ring stock is sawed to length depending on your ring size.

Then it is bent into a circle.

The seam is carefully lined up before joining.

I show you how to solder your ring together. Photo by Ali Smith.

Then you join the seam on your wedding ring.

The seam of the ring is sanded to create a smooth surface.

The rings are polished for shiny rings or brushed for a matte finish.

Finished brushed platinum wedding rings.