Make your own wedding rings at these 4 hands-on workshops

Wedding rings and engagement rings are some of the most sentimental pieces of jewellery you’ll ever own and wear.

If buying your wedding ring from a jewellers doesn’t necessarily hit your feels, you might feel that buying your wedding ring in a jewellers isn’t as intimate or special as you would like, so why not make your own at a wedding ring workshop?

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Wedding rings symbolise an unending union between two lovers, and with these workshops you spend time together creating pieces of jewellery that are filled with love and good memories.

Carve Workshops

Book a private, hands-on session with master jeweller, Grace O’Connell to design, carve and create your own wedding rings. Starting from the very beginning, you’ll literally carving your dream wedding band from wax before deciding on the precious metal you want to use. Your wedding ring can be as simple or detailed as you like, and Grace offers casting in various precious metals such as 9/14/18 carat yellow, white, rose gold and platinum. Enjoy a glass of bubbles together as you design your perfect wedding ring.

Cost: €200
Location: Co Galway
Workshop Length: One day
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Robyn Galway

Although not based in Galway, Robyn Galway hosts creative wedding ring workshops at her studio on Castlereagh Street in Belfast. Make your own wedding ring, or switch it up and create the ring your significant other will wear – either way this is a sweet and intimate workshop. The price of the workshop includes a light lunch, beverages and all the materials you’ll need to create your dream wedding ring.

Cost: From £300
Location: Belfast, Co Down
Workshop Length: One day
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School of Jewellery

In a small group you’ll be brought through all the steps to design and create your wedding ring. The cost of the course includes all your materials, guidance from an expert as well as a ring box and gift bag – perfect! Hand-make your wedding rings together, and this will undoubtedly make for a really memorable day out of your trip to the City Centre.

Cost: From €195
Location: Anne Street South, Dublin 2
Workshop Length: One day (10am-5.30pm)
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Silver Works

Based in Dublin City Centre, the team at Silver Works regularly host hands-on wedding ring workshops. In a small, intimate group you’ll be able to create your perfect wedding ring under the helpful tutorage of expert jewellers; choose every detail from your precious metal, the thickness, shape, style and finish of your ring. You can also request the ring to be engraved or add a precious stone to make it even more special. From friends of Wedding Season, this workshop comes highly recommended.

Cost: €350
Location: Drury St, Co Dublin
Workshop Length: 4 hours (10am-4pm)
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