What makes our pieces so special?

When encountering our rings for the first time, new collectors always note how distinctly soft and weighty they feel. There are three main reasons for this: design, finishing, and gold volume.

Always Wearable

Design. At the design stage, beauty and wearability are our priorities, so each sketch is full of soft curves and gentle edges so that the pieces will always feel incredible. 

Finishing. During the finishing stage, maintaining the soft, buttery edges takes time, skill, and special finishing tools. When a piece comes out of a casting kiln rough, bench jewelers will typically reach for flat files to knock off the bumps and high spots. This creates flat, sharp planes. In order to avoid this result and ensure softness — and also maintain consistency in the process — our goldsmiths use proprietary finishing tools and practiced polishing techniques. This takes tremendous skill and attention.

Gold Volume. While careful finish work is critical, no amount of polishing will create a soft piece if the metal is too thin. The incredible softness of our pieces is made possible because we use a lot of gold.

Where most rings are made through fabrication (bending and soldering thin sheets of metal), we create all of our jewelry using the ancient art of lost wax casting — the only technique that accommodates a high volume of gold.

The result is pure pleasure. Our jewelry feels as good as it looks. 

(Learn more about the art of lost wax casting.)