Make your own Wedding Rings

What kind of wedding rings can we make?

You can create your wedding bands using white gold, rose gold, yellow gold or sterling silver. Combine two of these metals if you like. You can stamp your partner’s name, your wedding date or a special message inside your ring. Also, add textures to the silver or gold, and even combine gold and silver elements.

It’s amazing what you can create in a few hours without any previous experience of traditional jewellery-making techniques. I’ll guide you and I’ll advise you on what is achievable. It really is possible for everyone to make your own wedding rings.

Below are a few examples of wedding rings and engagement rings that couples have handcrafted in my studio.

Stone-setting and engraving require a bit more jewellery-making experience, and if these are things you would like, I can arrange to have these done for you.

How does it work?

3-4 weeks before your workshop, we arrange a half-hour consultation to chat through your design or ideas. I’d love to meet you in person, but a chat over Skype or on the phone can work just as well.  

I give you a brief overview of what you can achieve as a complete beginner, and then we can discuss your ring design. If you’re using gold in your wedding band designs, I’ll measure your ring fingers so that I can order the materials you need or help you to calculate your own ring size. If you’re not sure what you want, I’m always happy to make some suggestions and show you some examples.

How will the day go?

On the day of the make your own wedding rings workshop, you have some tea and special-occasion biscuits while I talk you through the tools and the techniques you’ll be using.  As you finish each step in the process I explain the next one.  To make your wedding rings you:

• cut a length of silver or gold for your ring
• cut out any other elements using a piercing saw and file them to perfect the shape
• use a blowtorch to soften (anneal) the metal so that you can shape it using a hammer

• use a blowtorch to soften (anneal) the metal so that you can shape it or texture it using a hammer with punches and blocks, or using pliers

• solder the metal into a ring using flux and a soldering torch
• shape the ring into a perfect circle
• double check again that it fits (!!)
• finish your ring by burnishing, polishing and/or oxidising it.
• Click here for the wedding rings gallery

Once you’re both finished you’ll receive a celebratory goodie bag with champagne and chocolates. I put your totally original hand-crafted wedding rings into their box for you to take away.