What makes jewellery truly memorable? In a world filled with mass-produced designs, it’s craftsmanship that gives it lasting meaning—the kind that transforms precious stones and metals into heirlooms you’ll cherish for a lifetime.
At Angara, that journey begins long before the design table. Each gemstone is hand-selected at the source for its colour and clarity. From there, our artisans carry forward a 400-year-old legacy of jewellery-making—cutting each stone for maximum brilliance and refining every detail with care. By blending time-honoured techniques with modern precision, they create jewellery that isn’t just meant to sparkle today, but to endure for generations.
A Look at Angara’s Handcrafting Journey: From Design to Polishing
Every piece we craft is made-to-order. We begin crafting your jewellery only after your order is placed, ensuring that it’s personal, one-of-a-kind and never mass-produced. Here’s a look at our step-by-step look at Angara’s handcrafting process:
Step 1: Designing Your Custom Piece
Based on the customisation of the jewellery you chose, we carefully create a design including every detail that made you fall in love with the piece in the first place. This CAD model offers a realistic preview of your design with precise measurements from every angle, giving us the flexibility to make adjustments before crafting begins.
Step 2: Choosing the Perfect Gemstone
Your jewellery begins with a stone worthy of its story. Our GIA-certified gemologists handpick only the most exceptional gemstones—sourced directly from the world’s finest mines and labs, never the most convenient ones. Each gem is chosen for vivid colour, consistency and brilliance, with windowing avoided to ensure maximum light return and beauty.
By going straight to trusted, ethical sources, we cut out the middlemen—giving you gemstones of higher quality and up to 30% better value. Once selected, our artisans devote twice the time to perfecting the cut you’ve chosen, so your gemstone’s sparkle is nothing less than extraordinary.
Step 3: Casting the Metal
Before your jewellery ever takes shape, our artisans create and refine a wax model, inspecting every curve to eliminate flaws and hidden air pockets. Once perfected, molten precious metal is carefully poured into it, capturing the design with unmatched accuracy. Every casting then undergoes strict purity testing. The result is a foundation that ensures your piece is smooth, durable and true to the design you chose.
Step 4: Perfecting Every Detail (Filing)
At this stage, beauty meets precision. Our artisans refine every element of your jewellery to ensure it not only looks flawless but also feels effortless to wear. From the smoothness of the surface to the security of each clasp, no detail is too small to perfect—because true luxury is felt in the little things.
- Ring Size Verification: Confirmed against your order to ensure a true-to-size, comfortable fit.
- Surface Integrity: Scratches, dents and sharp edges are eliminated for a sleek, refined finish.
- Secure Closures: Clasps, earring posts and bracelet links are tested for strength and ease of wear.
- Structural Integrity: Every joint and component is inspected for durability.
- Authenticity Markings: Hallmarks (14K, 18K, 925, etc.) and the Angara logo are applied with meticulous care.
- Weight Check: Verified against design specs to ensure the piece feels balanced and just right.
Step 5: Setting the Stone With Precision
Before a gem is set, we carefully inspect it to ensure it meets your exact specifications. Each setting—whether prong, bezel, channel or u-pavé—is then prepared by hand to hold the stone securely without risk of damage.
Once placed, every gem is aligned for perfect symmetry and maximum brilliance, so your piece looks exactly as envisioned. Finally, the setting is polished smooth, with no gaps or sharp edges—ensuring both long-term durability and everyday comfort.
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Step 6: Polishing for Pure Brilliance
True brilliance isn’t just in the gemstone—it’s in the finish. At Angara, every piece goes through a meticulous multi-stage polishing process that transforms raw metal into a mirror-like surface, amplifying both the lustre of the metal and the sparkle of the stones.
We ensure a consistent shine with no dull spots or uneven areas, then carefully remove every trace of residue or fingerprints. What you get is jewellery that arrives immaculate, radiant and ready to wear from the moment you open the box.
Step 7: Inspection and Final Quality Check
Excellence doesn’t happen by chance—it’s verified at every stage. Before your jewellery leaves our workshop, it undergoes Angara’s gold-standard quality checks. Only once it passes every benchmark is it packaged and prepared for its journey to you.
- Design Check: Matches the original design with perfect symmetry.
- Stone Security: Every gem is centreed, aligned and firmly set.
- Surface Review: Smooth finish with no scratches or flaws.
- Fit & Function: Sizes are accurate; clasps and joints work seamlessly.
- Plating Check: Even colour, shine and thickness throughout.
- Final 10x Inspection: Magnified review to catch even the tiniest defects.
Why Angara Handcrafts Jewellery the Traditional Way
Mass production may be faster, but it often comes at a cost–resulting in designs that feel impersonal, craftsmanship that lacks longevity and pieces that rarely reflect who you are. At Angara, we believe your jewellery deserves more. That’s why every piece is handcrafted to order, using traditional techniques passed down through generations and perfected with modern precision.
From soldering every joint with care, to polishing each curve until it gleams and setting every gemstone securely by hand, our artisans devote time and skill to every stage. These legacy practises aren’t shortcuts; they’re the very reason Angara jewellery feels different.
Because when something is made with patience, artistry and intention, it doesn’t just shine today—it becomes a treasure you’ll wear, love and pass down for years to come.
FAQs
1. What is the journey of Angara’s handcrafted jewellery piece?
Every custom Angara jewellery piece begins with responsibly sourced gemstones, carefully cut and polished for brilliance. Skilled artisans then handcraft the design—shaping, setting and finishing each detail—before it goes through strict quality checks to ensure lasting beauty.
2. What is the “legacy” behind Angara’s jewellery-making techniques?
Angara’s founders, Ankur and Aditi Daga, come from a family with a 400-year history in the gemstone jewellery business, particularly in Jaipur, India. They combine this time-honoured expertise with modern technology to create custom fine jewellery for customers all over the world.
3. How does Angara ensure its gemstone quality for handcrafted jewellery?
Angara maintains a vertically integrated business model, meaning we handle every step of the process in-house, from sourcing and cutting to polishing, designing, and manufacturing. This gives us full control over quality and allows GIA experts to handpick our gemstones directly from trusted mines.
4. How long does it take to create a custom handcrafted piece of jewellery at Angara?
We get started on customising your piece as soon as you place the order. After it’s finished, it goes through strict quality inspection before it’s securely shipped to you. The estimated delivery date depends on your piece, which is mentioned on the product page–ensure you check that out before placing your order.
