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Ceramic can't be resized after firing, so please measure before ordering. And because each band is handbuilt, it is never a perfect circle: the size given is close, not exact.

To measure: wrap a strip of paper around the base of your finger, mark the overlap, measure the length in mm. That's your circumference. Every listing lists it, with US and EU sizes. Measure at day's end when hands are largest; wide bands sit tighter, so if between sizes, go up.

Unsure? Message me before ordering. If it doesn't fit, you can exchange it for any other ring in the shop within 14 days.

No, and that's the point. Each ring is handbuilt, so it isn't perfectly round. Glaze may pool or thin; gold may sit unevenly, because it's painted by hand.

Inside the band is a small unglazed spot where the ring rests in the kiln. I sand and polish it smooth against the skin.

The glaze may also craze: fine hairline lines in the surface, seen when tilted to the light. Some pieces arrive with it, some develop it over years. It lives in the glaze, not the body, and doesn't weaken the ring.

These aren't flaws. They're the mark of a hand, not a machine. What never leaves the studio is anything cracked through or chipped.

Yes, with awareness.

Ceramic is hard. It is also brittle. A ring that survives years of daily wear will not survive being dropped onto tile.

It can: get wet, be worn while you wash your hands, be soaked and cleaned. It cannot: be worn to the gym, worn while gardening, worn while moving furniture, or thrown into a drawer with metal jewellery.

Store it separately from other pieces. Chipping happens when ceramic meets metal, not when ceramic meets skin. The same goes for the gold: it wears down through friction, not through being worn.

I recommend taking it off before anything strenuous. Not because it is delicate, but because it is irreplaceable.

Not at the moment.

Everything in this shop is finished, photographed, and ready to ship. What you see is what exists.

The rings are made in slow batches, over weeks, through many firings.

New pieces are added regularly. If nothing here is right, follow the shop and wait.

United States: your parcel ships with tracking. Any import duties are set by US customs. Typical transit 3–5 weeks.

European Union: for orders under €150, VAT is collected by Etsy at checkout. Over €150, your local post office may charge import VAT plus a handling fee on arrival. This is set by your country, not by me.

Everywhere else: any duties are set by your country and are your responsibility.

Parcels leave Kharkiv with Ukrposhta and are handed to your national postal service at the border. From that point, tracking is updated by them.

There is often a silent gap of one to three weeks while the parcel is in transit between countries. This is normal and does not mean the parcel is lost.

If more than five weeks have passed with no movement, message me. I will file a search request with Ukrposhta. For this I will need you to visit your local post office and confirm the parcel has not been held there.

No parcel of mine has been permanently lost. Some have simply been slow.

Clay, engobes, glaze, and gold.

The body is clay, handbuilt and fired to 1150°C. Colour is built in layers: engobes first, painted onto the bisque; then glaze; then, on many pieces, overglaze painting on top, each layer fixed in the kiln before the next.

The gold is a luster, painted on last and fired at a lower temperature, because gold burns away above it. A real precious-metal preparation, fused into the glaze, not plated. It's thin, and softens with years of wear.

Nothing here is plastic, resin, or plated base metal.