THE ATELIER
We are not a brand.
We are a room,
three people,
and a commitment
we made
a long time ago.
The atelier has no walk-in hours. Not because we are precious about it, because the work requires a stillness that drop-in culture tends to disturb.
From Winter Collection '26
On Beginning
Not assembled, not finished — made. The difference is in the handling. A piece that is truly made has a temperature to it. You can feel that Someone's hand were on it for a long time.
We have no interest in growing large. We have considerable interest in getting each piece right. Those two things have, so far, proven incompatible with each other. We have chosen the second.
The atelier opened in 2014. We have made several hundred pieces. We remember most of them. We remember all of the ones that were difficult.
On The Work
"We have never understood
the distinction between
beautiful
and permanent."
This is not a position we arrived at through argument. It is something we noticed while working. A piece made carelessly does not last — not because the material fails, but because the intention was never there to begin with. Objects knew what they were made of.
We work slowly because speed and this kind of attention are mutually exclusive. Not as a philosophy. As a fact we learned the hard way, and then accepted.
The Three of us
Where We Work
The atelier is in London.
Visits by appointment.
We are not a shop. There is nothing to browse. If you come, it is because you have something in mind and you want to discuss whether we can make it. Those conversations take between thirty minutes and two hours. We have never found them tedious.
Current Status
Open to commissions
Waiting period is currently 6 to 8 weeks. We will tell you the exact figure before you decide. We do not begin work until you have decided.
A brief history
2014
The atelier opens
A single bench, two tools, and the first commission for a wedding band for a couple who found us through a mutual friend. It took eleven days. We charged too little. The ring is still worn.
2017
Marcus joins
We had been doing our own engraving. It was adequate. Marcus's work was not adequate it was extraordinary. He joined on the condition that he would never be asked to rush. We agreed.
2019
First collection
Seven pieces. We kept two and sold five. The ones we sold went to people who understood what they were buying. That remains our only criterion for the collection.
2020
Sophia joins. The atelier becomes three.
We had not planned to expand. Sophia came recommended by a stone dealer in Hatton Garden who said, simply, that she was the best setter he had ever placed a stone with. He was not wrong.
Now
Still three. Still the same bench.
We have been offered investment twice. We have declined twice. The atelier is the right size. We intend to keep it that way.