Aurelia Atelier · San Francisco
Bespoke engagement rings and everyday pieces, drawn and set by hand in our San Francisco atelier.
Signature pieces
Our most-requested pieces - each available ready-to-wear in our atelier or as a starting point for a fully bespoke commission.
The collections
Bridal, everyday, and heirloom - three distinct hands, three distinct purposes, all made in the same atelier.
Collection
Solitaires, three-stones, and our archive of antique-cut settings - every ring made to fit the hand it lives on.
See bridal rings
Collection
Quiet pieces designed to stack, layer, and live on - chains, signet rings, small studs in solid gold.
Shop everyday fine
Collection
Reworked family stones, restored estate pieces, and one-of-one settings drawn at the bench. By commission only.
View the archiveHandcrafted pieces for every occasion
Bespoke commissions
More than half of what leaves Aurelia is commissioned. We work from a single conversation - sometimes a sketch on a napkin, sometimes a stone passed down from a grandmother - and build outward from there. Eight to twelve weeks, beginning to end.
Consultation
A 90-minute conversation in our atelier (or by video). We sketch, talk through stones, metal, scale, and budget. No deposit.
Design & CAD
Two refined sketches, then a CAD rendering and a printed resin proof in your hand within three weeks. Revisions included.
Stones & metal
We source from our trusted partners - conflict-free natural diamonds, certified lab-grown, or your own family stones reworked.
Bench & setting
One master goldsmith carries the piece from wax to polish. Six to ten weeks at the bench, photographed at every stage.
Provenance
Every stone, every gram of gold, and every set prong in this atelier can be traced - back to a mine, a refinery, a single set of hands. Lab-grown options available for every commission.
Stones
Sourced responsibly
Every natural diamond is Kimberley-Process certified and traceable to a single mine. We work with two partners we have visited in person.
Metal
Recycled, refined
All gold is 100% recycled, refined to 18k in California, and re-alloyed at our bench. No newly mined gold enters the atelier.
Hands
Made by goldsmiths
Three master goldsmiths, each with 20+ years at the bench. Every commission is carried by a single hand from wax to polish.
Visit the atelier
We see one client at a time. Espresso, samples laid out, and no other voices in the room. Ninety minutes - usually less if you already know what you want.
As featured in
Vogue
The New York Times
T Magazine
Architectural Digest
Client stories
A small selection of recent commissions and the moments they were made for.
Margaux sketched a setting for my grandmother's emerald in our first hour together. Six weeks later it was on my hand. I haven't taken it off since.
Eleanor R.
Aurelia reworked my mother's tennis bracelet for our tenth anniversary - same stones, modern setting. It's the most thoughtful gift I've ever given.
James & Priya N.
I wanted a quiet pair of studs for my daughter's eighteenth. We sat in the atelier for an hour. They arrived in a hand-lettered box. She cried.
Catherine L.
Ring sizing & resizing
Most rings we resize were bought elsewhere, a half-size off. We size in quarter-sizes, send complimentary sizers anywhere, and resize most bands in the atelier within five business days - free for life on every Aurelia piece.
Frequently asked
Blog
Buying guides, care notes, and honest answers from the Aurelia Atelier bench.
Head, shank, gallery, basket - the parts of a ring nobody names for you, and how each one changes what the finished piece feels like on a hand.
Read MoreThe wrong storage can scratch, tangle, or tarnish pieces that would otherwise last a lifetime. Here is how to store, clean, and protect every metal and stone type.
Read MoreWe set both - so this is not a sales pitch. Here is what differs optically, chemically, and financially, and the questions to ask yourself before you decide.
Read MoreBegin your piece
A single conversation, ninety minutes long. No deposit, no commitment, no obligation. The sketch starts there.
