How a ring is made
Three steps, taken slowly.
Consultation
Every ring starts with a conversation — usually about something other than the ring itself. About the person who will wear it, about what the moment means, about what you have seen that you like and, just as importantly, what you have seen that you do not.
Consultations are free, either online via video or in person at the Tallinn atelier at Suur-Karja 2. They take 30 to 45 minutes. I ask a lot of questions and take notes. There is no sales pressure. If we are a good fit, you will know it from the conversation.
For a signature ring, the consultation confirms which design is right and handles any adaptations — stone size, metal, sizing. For a bespoke commission, it is the first of several conversations that build the design from nothing.
Design
For a bespoke commission, design begins with pencil sketches — several directions, not one forced proposal. You review them, we talk about what is right and what is not, and the design narrows from there.
From the approved sketch, I build a CAD model. You can see the ring from every angle, at scale, before a gram of metal is ordered. A wax model — a physical print of the CAD — is made for you to hold and try on if you wish. Changes are made at this stage, when they cost nothing.
Stone selection happens in parallel. For bespoke commissions, I source candidates from trusted suppliers and present them with photographs, certificates, and pricing. You choose.
Making
The ring is designed in Tallinn and finished in Valenza. Valenza, in Piedmont, is where the finest setting specialists in Italy — and arguably in the world — concentrate. I work with one atelier there whose precision I have seen and trust.
The shank, profile, and detail work reflect the exact CAD we agreed. Stone setting — the moment that determines how a ring looks for the rest of its life — is done by hand, under magnification, by a setter who has been doing this for decades.
The finished ring comes to me first. I inspect it, photograph it, and send you the photographs before it ships. If anything is not right, it goes back. It has happened twice in six years.
Begin with a conversation.
Whether you have a ring in mind or not, the process starts with a conversation. Online or in the Tallinn atelier.
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