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Exploration · 2025

Signet Ring, Brushed Brass

A heavyweight signet cut from a single brass billet and deliberately left unpolished — so it earns its patina through wear, not in the finishing room.

Hand engraving burins Jeweler's saw Rotary tumbler
Signet Ring, Brushed Brass
Brushed finish, no lacquer
Ring being engraved by hand with a burin
Hand engraving the face, second pass

The brief I gave myself was to design something that would look better in five years than on the day it was finished. Brass left raw does exactly that — it just needs you to be patient with the first few months.

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