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Houston Atelier · Est. 2019

Cast in fire.
Worn for life.

The Maisonrry hand-carves and hand-casts fine jewelry one piece at a time — solid 18k gold, set by hand, made to outlive the trend it started in.

18kSolid Gold, Always
41 hrsAverage Per Piece
1 MaisonOne Houston Workshop
In the case  $4,200
This Season's Cast

The Ember Band

Carved as a single continuous flame around the finger, then cast in solid 18k yellow gold. No seams, no plating — the warmth is the metal itself.

Each Ember Band is cast to order in Houston and hand-finished with a soft satin face that resists scratching better than a high polish.

$4,200 18k gold · made to order · 3–4 week cast time
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The Maison

Founded on a forge,
not a formula

The Maisonrry started in a rented workshop behind a Houston strip mall, with one crucible, one apprentice, and a rule that's never changed: nothing leaves the bench that we wouldn't wear ourselves.

We still carve every model by hand before it's cast — no printed molds, no catalog settings. It costs us time. It's also the only way we know to make a piece feel considered rather than manufactured.

Today the Maison is still one workshop, still solid gold only, and still small enough that the person who casts your ring is the person who signs off on it.

"We measure a piece by whether it still looks right after ten years of actually being worn — not just under gallery light." — Founder's Note, The Maisonrry

How a piece is made

Four stages, in this order, every time — from wax to worn.

01

Design

A model is hand-carved in wax or hand-drawn to spec, checked against the stone or hand it's built for.

02

Cast

The model is invested in plaster and burned out, then filled with molten 18k gold at just over 1,000°C.

03

Set

Stones are hand-selected and set under a loupe, prong by prong, with tolerances measured in fractions of a millimeter.

04

Finish

The piece is polished, inspected, and hallmarked before it ever leaves the bench.

What clients notice first

★★★★★

"The weight is what got me — you can feel it's solid the second you put it on. Nothing like the plated stuff I had before."

Danielle O. — Ember Band owner
★★★★★

"They walked me through the whole casting timeline before I paid a deposit. No pressure, just a straight answer every time I asked."

Marcus T. — custom signet client
★★★★★

"Two years in and the satin finish still looks the way it did on day one. Worth the wait for the made-to-order cast."

Priya S. — necklace client
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