A special little ring given from parent to child.
At cobaco, we aimed for everything you touch — the jewelry, the packaging, the accessories — to quietly convey the bonds of family.
Time spent searching for the shape of the circle
In the early planning stages we drew freely and sketched countless rough ideas. As we examined strength, size range, stone size — conditions one by one — some concepts drifted from our initial image, while other new forms emerged through repeated refinements.
Before we began making prototypes, more than a year had quietly passed.
To accurately reproduce complex designs and delicate lines, the prototypes were created with jewelry CAD. For the "dots" series, because we wanted to faithfully capture the symbolic curve of the "ring," we relied on the precision of CAD to refine the stone setting and rounded forms to 0.1mm.
How many “rings” are best?
The number of rings was the most difficult decision. There was a proposal to base it on the birth months — "12" — but if we reflected that directly, each ring would become larger and the overall delicacy would be lost.
12 or 13 — after much deliberation, we ultimately chose 13. Intuition leaned that way as the number balanced the design and the way it looks when held, satisfying both.
The wax models produced from the CAD images look like toys. We place the stones temporarily and gently set the piece on a finger. Because the finished piece will be slightly smaller than the wax model, we carefully adjust the width and thickness while envisioning the final result.
After that, the workshop artisans take over for casting and polishing, and finally a baby ring takes shape.
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End of part one. In the next installment, the original boxes and brass plates will be completed one after another.
