How a woodworker's granddaughter, a Brown University graduate, and a mother of two ended up hand-carving engagement rings in Brooklyn.
Every ring that leaves the Atlantic Avenue studio starts the same way its founder did: with a block of wax and a carving tool.
A childhood workshop
Page Sargisson grew up in New England, where some of her earliest memories are of her grandfather's woodworking studio, the smell of shavings, the patience of shaping something by hand, the satisfaction of a piece that couldn't have come from anywhere but that workbench. It's the kind of early influence that doesn't announce itself as a career path. It just sits quietly until the right moment calls it back up.
The corporate detour
That moment took a while to arrive. Page graduated from Brown University and spent the next stretch of her career in the corporate world capable, successful, and, by her own account, missing the hands-on making that had shaped her childhood. The instinct her grandfather passed down hadn't gone anywhere. It just didn't have anywhere to go yet.
The class that changed everything
It came back by way of a wax carving class the kind of one-off, almost incidental decision that turns out to be the hinge a whole career swings on. Carving wax by hand turned out to be the same instinct as her grandfather's woodworking, translated into a material built for jewelry: shape something directly with your own hands, then let a caster turn it into something permanent. That class became the foundation of everything Page Sargisson makes today.
Building a studio in Brooklyn
Page opened her first studio in Brooklyn, handcrafting pieces literally in the back of the Atlantic Avenue storefront not in an outsourced factory, but in the same room where clients come in for consultations. She describes herself simply as an avid knitter, a craftsperson, and a mother of two boys, and that hands-on, personal-style sensibility runs through every ring the studio makes, custom or not.
A signature texture
Spend enough time around Page Sargisson designs and you'll notice a recurring detail: a rough, brushstroke-like texture carved into the metal, unmistakably shaped by hand rather than smoothed out by a machine. It's paired with deliberate material choices recycled 18-karat gold, vibrant sapphires, and antique diamonds that share the same philosophy as the texture itself: sustainable where possible, and full of character no new, uniform material can replicate.
Bringing the studio to Madison Avenue
As the Brooklyn studio grew, Page opened a second address on Madison Avenue, on the Upper East Side a way to bring the same handmade rings to a different neighborhood without changing how or where they're actually made. Every piece from either location still traces back to that first wax carving class, and to the workbench in Brooklyn where it's carved, cast, and finished today.
What this means for your ring
When you commission a custom engagement ring at either studio, you're not just buying a finished piece, you're commissioning something carved by the same hands, in the same process that started with a block of wax and a designer willing to go back to what she loved making in the first place.
