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Process

From a line on a hill to a ring in a box.

Every Fell & Forge ring is designed in York and cast in sterling silver by a specialist casting partner. Casting does not happen in the York workshop. Everything after it does: the sprue is cut away, the ring is finished and polished by hand, then checked, photographed and packed. The five stages below follow that route in order.

  1. 01

    Place, research and design direction

    It starts with a real profile. Contours, photographs and survey data are compared until the ridge remains recognisable at ring scale.

    An illustration of the design stage: contour sketches, a tracing-paper profile and a map fragment arranged on a bench.
    An illustration of this stage, not a photograph of a real design in progress.
  2. 02

    Digital modelling

    The band is modelled to a comfortable section and the ridge is cut into it, then the slopes are textured so the light breaks the way it does on real rock.

    A digital model of a Fell & Forge ring shown in CAD software, displayed on a blueprint-style grid.
    The digital model before casting. The on-screen material is not the finished sterling silver colour.
  3. 03

    Specialist casting in sterling silver

    A wax pattern is produced from the digital model and cast in 925 sterling silver by a specialist casting partner. Rings come back rough, still on the sprue, with the texture full of investment.

    A rough silver ring cast, still attached to its sprue, resting on a wooden bench, its surface textured from the investment mould.
    The ring as it returns from casting, before any finishing work.
  4. 04

    Sprue removal and hand-finishing in York

    The sprue is cut away and the join worked back until it disappears. The ridge is brought up bright, the slopes are left matt, and the inside is finished smooth, all by hand at the bench.

    A maker's hands finishing a silver ring with a handheld rotary tool at a workbench, with needle files and a bench grinder nearby.
    Hand-finishing at the bench in York.
  5. 05

    Checking, photographing, packing and dispatch

    Every ring is checked against the original profile, photographed and packed by hand before it leaves the workshop.

    An open kraft shipping box with a walnut ring box marked Fell and Forge, York, nested in protective packing.
    Checked, photographed and packed before dispatch.

In plain terms

  • Every piece is designed in York.
  • Casting is carried out in sterling silver by a specialist casting partner, not in the Fell & Forge workshop.
  • Sprue removal, finishing and polishing happen by hand, at the bench, in York.
  • Every ring is checked, photographed and packed by hand before it is sent.

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