Custom Earrings

Earrings fail in ways rings do not: posts snap, hinges loosen, and one earring always ends up heavier than the other. All three are avoidable at the design stage.

Matching a pair

We match by millimeter size first, then color, then clarity. Two 5 mm stones can differ by 0.3 mm and nobody notices on a table — but the wearer notices, because one earring sits differently. Every pair is weighed and measured before setting.

Posts and backs

Posts are soldered, not press-fitted. 0.8 mm posts suit most lobes; 1.0 mm for heavier stones or stretched piercings. Back options: friction, screw-back (most secure), or flat-backed labret style for cartilage piercings.

Hoops and huggies

The hinge is the whole piece. Too much tension and the click fails; too little and the hoop hangs open. Ours are tested through 200 open-close cycles before packing — which is also why we do not make 8 mm hoops in 1.0 mm wire; it deforms.

Sizes that suit the ear

• Studs: 3–4 mm for a second piercing, 5–6.5 mm for a lobe, 7 mm+ for a statement.
• Huggies: 8–11 mm inner diameter, sitting close to the lobe.
• Hoops: 12–30 mm; above 30 mm the weight matters more than the diameter.
• Threaders: 60–90 mm drop, in a chain light enough to hang straight.

Single earrings

We make single earrings for asymmetric styling at half-pair pricing, and we remake a lost earring from the original drawing if you still have the reference — which is one reason we keep every design on file.

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