AURVAAtelier · Est. 1994
A maker working at the bench, holding a piece in a clamp
The Atelier

Two rooms,
six people.

Since 1994

We have never grown, on purpose.

The studio has stayed the same size for thirty-two years. It means we turn work away, and it means every piece that leaves has been through the same pair of hands from start to finish.

Coloured polishing wheels and mops arranged in a rotary stand
PolishingNine grades, by hand
Hands sawing a sheet of metal over a bench pin
PiercingSaw frame, 4/0 blade
Small burrs and setting tools standing in a holder
SettingBurrs and gravers
Process

Four stages

I

The stone

Bought first, from two dealers we have used since the beginning. Nothing enters the studio without paperwork.

II

The drawing

Drawn at scale, in pencil, around that specific stone. You see it and change it before any metal is cut.

III

The bench

Pierced, formed, soldered and set by one maker. The same person carries the piece the whole way through.

IV

The finish

Nine grades of polish, all by hand. This is the slowest part and the one we refuse to shorten.

A hand turning a plain band on the finger against a dark ground
Fit

Sized on
the hand.

Rings are finished on the wearer where we can. If you cannot come to the studio we send a sizing set, and we adjust once, free, within the first year.

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A hand wearing two textured bands against a dark green ground
Worn inBands, after ten years
An older hand wearing a plain worn wedding band
KeptForty years of wear
Painted wooden beads in red, green and blue arranged in rows
Colour trialsPainted bead samples
Unhurried

We have never
been in a hurry.

Eight to fourteen weeks, from approved drawing to finished piece.