DIY Wedding Rings

Build Your Own Bands

At Nick Engel & Co., we’ll teach you how to create your own wedding bands by hand, making the rings you’ll exchange on your special day even more meaningful. Your wedding bands begin as simple bars of precious metal. You’ll choose the metal color and karat, band width, and profile before learning how to forge and shape the metal by hand. With guidance from our jewelers, you’ll gradually form each bar into a ring sized specifically for you—creating the foundation for the bands you’ll wear for years to come.

Once your bands have been formed, you’ll learn how to solder the seam closed using a jeweler’s torch, permanently joining the two ends of the metal. From there, you’ll file and refine your rings by hand, smoothing the seam and shaping each band until it has the profile and proportions you selected. We’ll be right beside you throughout the process, teaching you the same traditional techniques used at a jeweler’s bench.

The final step is all about bringing your rings to life. You’ll refine the surface and apply your chosen finish—from a classic high polish to a soft matte or a hand-hammered texture—before giving the bands their final inspection. By the end of your workshop, you’ll leave our studio with finished wedding bands made by your own hands, and a story behind them that is entirely your own.

Metal Options

Choose from 14K, 18K Gold or Platinum.

Ring Width

Choose from 2mm to 7mm in width.

Profile & Finish

Choose from Half Round, Flat, or Knife Edge profiles.

Choose from Matte, Polish, or Hammer finishes. Please note - Hammer textures are not available for Knife Edge bands.

Pricing

Weekend Workshop: $1,850 per couple

Weekday Workshop: $1,600 per couple

Choose your metals (14k or 18k gold or platinum) along with the band width (2–7mm).

Because precious metal prices fluctuate with the market, pricing for our DIY Wedding Ring classes is subject to change. The final cost of your rings will depend on the metal, karat and width you select, as well as the current market price of precious metals at the time of booking.