We had an absolutely amazing experience making our rings with Harry and Nicole! I made a ring out of forged stainless steel Damascus and my fiance made one out of silver. It was super fun being hands on and learning their process to make unique pieces. Harry and Nicole are both very patient teachers and created a pleasant low stress environment. I’m not much of a jewelry guy so I love that my ring has a fun experience attached to it. I definitely recommend that everyone who has the opportunity should come and have this experience!

We could not have asked for a better experience making our wedding bands with Nicole and Harry! I was able to go with Harry to forge my band out of stainless steel and my fiancé went with Nicole to make her band out of precious metal. The whole process was fun and we had a blast. Nicole and Harry were great mentors, helping us through each phase, even when we swapped and gave our own imprint on each others rings. Highly recommend.. and that goes for Harry's coffee too.

The Wife: I contact Nicole a few months before the day I hoped to schedule. She responded right away, walked me briefly through the process and plugged us into their calendar and gave me a quote. She answered my questions along the way and made sure we were prepared. A bit last minute my husband and I had come up with the idea to add rivets derived from some leftover links from a silver bracelet he gave me and they accommodated us with the extra work and time to make that happen. I enjoyed watching the process as Harry walked my husband through the each step of turning a nut I bought at the local hardware store into something so meaningful and unique. I think I had just as much fun as he did even though I was only a spectator/photographer. They were both great about including me in the process too. This was an experience so incredibly special I cannot put a price on it! - Christin The Husband: I earn my way in the world using my mind but there is something undeniably satisfying from working with your hands. The experience of transforming a stainless steel jam nut into a ring was amazing. Harry was patient and thorough with the explanation and education at each step. The processes of grinding, heating, hammering and repeating; each step requiring more and more precision. Then moving from the blacksmith forge to Nicole’s side of the shop, the jewelers space. Her coaching, demonstrating and guiding; the attention to detail ramping up ever higher with each honing and polishing step. What a wonderful experience. Highly recommended. - Andrew

My partner and I made our wedding bands with Nicole and it was the best decision! We made a weekend of it in scenic Salida, our favorite mountain town with plenty of restaurants and outdoor activities. We have never made jewelry and thought making a ring would be intimidating and out of reach. We were wrong! Nicole made the workshop approachable, even for the uncoordinated hand. As a bonus, Nicole and Harry are extremely friendly and easy to get along with, which made for a fun, educational, and entertaining day. Vanessa and I highly recommend the workshop for wedding bands and an unforgettable experience.

I cannot speak highly enough about our experience making our wedding bands with Nicole and Harry. We had the most amazing time and are so grateful to have walked away with beautiful and unique rings. The special experience we had making our wedding bands for each other is something we will never forget- we will think about the workshop every time we look at our wedding bands! I am so grateful for Nicole and Harry's patience, care, and kindness throughout the entire experience. We laughed the whole time and learned a some new skills! Along with the workshop, we got to take in the amazing views of Salida from their studio and get their advice on marriage (they graciously answered my many, many questions). It was a one of a kind experience we will never forget. I HIGHLY recommend booking this workshop, it was amazing and we absolutely loved it!

This was a wonderful experience from beginning to end! Nicole is a fabulous instructor and host with an incredible (and much appreciated) attention to detail. Learning the process of jewelry creation in her studio was a fun way for my partner and I to make our wedding rings, and now we get to enjoy our beautiful, unique rings hand-crafted for each other - very special! I highly recommend working with Nicole and Sterling & Steel!

Nicole and Harry (and Rivet) were so welcoming and wonderful. They are incredibly adept at condensing decades of experience into easily digestible nuggets of wisdom. The entire ring workshop was uninhibited joy from start to heartfelt goodbye. If you have any curiosity about the craft of metalworking, do yourself a favor and spend a day working with a couple of masters!

We went to Sterling & Steel to have our wedding bands made. We expected to leave with some classy rings, which we did. What we didn’t expect was how memorable the experience together was. In planning our wedding - we faced a barrage of choices in just about everything. What color napkins should we have? What is the best first dance? Where do we have our guests stay - my mind is still spinning about those. However, spending the time to make our rings has been a bright highlight for us, the best decision we could have made. In the time we spent with Nicole and Harry, we learned more about each other, had a fun experience, and left with a pair of homemade rings that meant a lot more to us than the metal it was made from. We each lovingly made each other’s ring. Nicole is a gracious host how held the space for us to deeply connect. If you are considering making your own wedding bands, just do it and go see Nicole and Harry. It’s the one decision that is easy to make and one that we will cherish going forwards.