Stonybrook Metal Arts and Sculpture School

My partner and I did the wedding ring workshop at Stonybrook and had a great time! Kylie is a wonderful and welcoming person who is also a very talented jeweler and educator. They made sure we had great rings and made great memories.

My partner and I loved taking Kylie's class! Kylie was fun and made the whole process feel highly accessible. We are in love with the rings we made each other. Definitely recommend this class!

My fiancee and I really wanted to make each other's wedding bands, and Kylie made it possible! Her workshop was super fun, and without any prior experience, we walked away with two unique amazing rings! Kylie helped us navigate the choice of material and clearly outlined all our options for ring types and finishing styles. During the workshop, she was super kind and knowledgeable; I feel I learned so much in just 6 hours! She was also there to rescue us in the ring-making process if anything happened or if we simply needed support or technical guidance.

From the first phone call to final email wrap-up, Kylie was helpful, thorough, and friendly. She coached us through every step, from selecting metals and brainstorming ring style to the chemistry and tools involved in making the rings. We asked a lot of questions, and she was very generous with her time and expertise. For the workshop itself, we first made rings in sterling silver, which was really fun and stress-free practice. For the gold rings, the stiffer metal meant we needed more help to bend and shape the rings at different points. Kylie was great about stepping in only when we asked for help, and we were very eager to have her assistance. Her power tools can also clean up or speed up certain steps, so there is a bit of a safety net for any mistakes! Without her expertise, we never would have gotten the wonderful rings we ended up. My fiance has told many people how grateful he was that Kylie was there to be sure we couldn't mess anything up. Overall, an excellent experience! My fiance and I enjoyed learning together, doing something creative with our hands, creating long-lasting symbols of our marriage, and learning from an artistic professional. It's such a unique and well-managed experience, it's well worth coming from out of town for! It’s even great without all the photos they take of you and the champagne you walk away with, but those are delightful bonuses. FYI: you will have to make your ring out of silver and various golds for making your rings, and you cannot set stones or do much detailing besides sanding edges or embossing messages inside. That said, this encompassed *most* of the rings we liked in shops, and Kylie helped us do a lot of creative personalizations: my ring had a hammer finish for extra sparkle, while we did a matte finish for my fiance. She also helped us cut a notch out of my wedding band so it nests well under the diamond of my engagement ring. If you have an ideas, it's worth asking what's feasible!