Workshops

Wedding and engagement rings are symbolic of your relationship, making them more personal and important than most jewelry. I will help you create romantic symbols of your love, with your own hands, in my jewelry studio workshops.

To create wedding rings that are more than just beautiful, I invite you to my shop to work together as I teach you step-by-step the process that has captivated artisans for thousands of years.  Under my guidance, we can craft professional quality simple bands in 4-10 hours – depending on how you want to make them.  For those looking for more intricate designs, we regularly push the boundaries to build wedding rings as unique as the couples creating them – view our ring styles page to see photos of wedding rings made entirely by my customers.

You can work with platinum, gold, palladium, or mokume gane to make wedding rings as personal as your relationship. At the end of the session, you will leave with both handmade wedding rings and a new appreciation for fine jewelry.

Below, I list a few techniques you might use to make your own wedding rings in my workshops.  This is not an exhaustive list – visit the pricing page for more info. Once you have an idea of what is involved, you can browse through some of the beautiful and unique rings already created by my clients in my workshops.

Block Wedding Ring Workshops

One option is to use a metal block as your starting material.  This is a good approach for clients who want to make both wedding rings from the same piece of metal, those who are undecided on the exact shape of their rings, and customers who prefer fixed pricing.

Gold or Platinum Alloy Workshop

In this customer workshop, we melted actual gold nuggets mined in French Guyana and turned them into beautiful wedding bands. Clients can make rings from family heirloom jewelry, or create boutique alloys that are not sold elsewhere.

Bullion Coin Wedding Ring Workshop

I love making pieces out of bullion – whether melting it down or fabricating the coins or bars into jewelry.  In this workshop, customers forge a platinum coin into hammered platinum wedding rings.