Handmade Engagement Rings
Every engagement has a setting and we believe you shouldn't just remember it - you should wear it with you.
By taking a fabric found, woven or discovered in the specific city of your proposal, Emma Calvert captures its unique texture in solid gold through a specialised wax-casting process. The result is a bespoke piece of wearable art that forever transports you back to that exact moment of discovery, transforming the day your lives changed into an enduring modern heirloom.
Wear the place you fell in love.
Discover made-to-order engagement rings forged from textures of the world’s most romantic cities
Work with Emma to cast a completely unique fabric imprint from your specific proposal location
The Signature City Collection
Made-to-Order Rings: Hand-crafted in 6–8 weeks
The Signature City Collection: An Invitation
Inspired by the world’s most breathtaking backdrops for love, this capsule collection features rings forged from iconic regional textiles. From the structured elegance of London tailoring and the raw energy of New York, to the fluid romance of Venetian lace and Florentine silk, these designs capture the distinct atmosphere of the places where forever begins.
Have a Specific Location in mind?
Create Something Entirely Unique
Whether you plan to surprise your partner in a hidden corner of the world or wish to work together as a couple to design a ring using a specific textile artefact - like a fragment of lace from an inherited wedding gown or silk from a memorable journey - Emma offers a fully bespoke design partnership. We can source your custom location-based fabric, capture its precise imprint in wax and combine it with ethical metals and hand-selected precious gems to translate your unique narrative into an exquisite piece of wearable art.
Want to weave the magic of your planned destination into the ultimate surprise? We can help you select a signature city design or secretly source a fabric from your chosen location.
For the Visionary | The surprise proposal
Commemorate your engagement trip together. Bring a textile keepsake from your proposal location back to the studio, and let’s collaborate to create a custom design around your memories.
For the Couples | Designing together
Bespoke Design Process | How it works
1. Sourcing the Story: Whether you are planning a surprise proposal in secret or returning from an adventure as a newly engaged couple, we begin with a fragment of fabric native to or found in that special place.
2. Capturing the Impression
In the studio, Emma uses a specialized process to press the fabric directly into raw wax, leaving a highly detailed, intricate textile imprint. No two impressions are ever identical; it is a permanent fingerprint of your location.
3. Forging the Heirloom: Using traditional lost-wax casting, the wax is poured in solid gold or platinum. Combined with carefully curated diamonds or raw sapphires, the raw texture of the fabric becomes a refined piece of fine jewellery.
The Result: Alternative Bridal and Engagement rings, as a tactile chapter of your personal history, preserved as a modern heirloom.
Book an Engagement Ring Consultation
Every piece starts with a conversation and I’d love to hear the story you wish to tell.
We can discuss your ideas via email, phone or in person at my studio in Dorset. Fill out the form below to arrange.