Nicoli MettleNICOLI METTLE
About the Studio

Elemental
Artistry

Nicoli Mettle is a one-bench jewelry studio working in the slow tradition of wax, fire, and metal. Each piece is conceived, carved, cast, and finished by a single pair of hands — never mass produced, always considered.

The work draws from the elemental: stones plucked from a riverbed, the weight of an old signet, the geometry of a cathedral window. Heirloom forms reimagined for the adventurer, the dreamer, and the collector.

Wearable art and meaningful curios — a quiet rebellion against the ordinary, made one at a time in Willamette Valley, Oregon.

The Nicoli Mettle studio bench
The Process

Sketch · Wax · Cast · Finish

A piece can take weeks. Nothing here is poured from a mold or printed from a file. Every step is the maker's hand.

I · Sketch

A whisper, first

Every piece begins as a quiet drawing — a sigil, a shape, an idea pulled from myth or memory. Nothing is rushed; nothing is borrowed.

II · Wax

Carved by hand

The sketch becomes wax. Each form is carved and shaped under the loupe, with all the imperfections that make a thing feel made.

III · Cast

Fire and metal

Wax becomes silver, bronze, or copper in the lost-wax casting tradition — a process unchanged for thousands of years.

IV · Finish

Set with intent

Stones are chosen one at a time and set by hand. Every piece is polished, oxidized, and signed before it leaves the bench.

Get in Touch

Write to the Studio

Questions about a piece, a commission, or a custom request — the bench is small and replies are personal. We answer every note.