Ring-making class in Uijeongbu: snug size 4 & 5 rings at Ring Plus

A ring workshop where you can make your own ring!

I thought it would be a different kind of fun from buying a finished ring, so I went. I tried the one-day class at Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch (반지더하기 의정부점) on Uijeongbu Rodeo Street.

It's a ring workshop that says more than 20,000 couples have tried it over 10 years, and the appeal is that you make your ring in a private space.

Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch: location and how to get there

Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch is about 303 m from Uijeongbu Station Exit 5, on the 5th floor of the McDonald's building on Uijeongbu Rodeo Street. It wasn't hard to find. The first thing I noticed on arrival was the sign!

It read "a ring workshop that 20,000+ couples have tried over 10 years" and introduced itself as a private-room ring workshop. The line about "our own space, our own time" stuck with me. It felt like a place that cares about the space too, so you get a special time and not just the ring-making.

Atmosphere and the private room

The shop has a clean, white-toned interior. Soft lighting, candles and all sorts of small props make it cozy and sentimental. The table displaying the rings was prettily decorated too, and it was fun to look around at the rings and props dotted about.

The ring display especially caught my eye, because it's styled like part of the interior rather than a plain product display. Inside the shop there's a private room styled with an arch.

I liked that you can do the class in your own space without worrying much about other people's eyes. With the sentimental mood on top of the workshop, it seemed like a good fit for a date or a special anniversary.

How do you choose a ring design?

Before the actual ring-making, you look at the sample rings in the shop and choose a design.

There were rings of all kinds, from simple designs to ones with sparkling stones.

Even choosing was fun, imagining how each would feel on the finger. Each ring's design is a little different, so you can pick to your taste. Once you've decided, your finger size is measured and you move on to the actual making.

Is ring-making hard for a first-timer?

A staff member explained the work step by step, so it was easier than I expected even as a first-timer. It was my first time making a ring and I was a bit worried the shaping would be hard.

If you follow along bit by bit, the shape that looks nothing like a ring at first slowly turns into one. Because you work by hand, you really concentrate, and there's pride in watching your own ring come together.

I think the charm of the one-day class is being able to experience every step of making a ring yourself.

Size 4 and 5 rings looked small. Did they fit after finishing?

I worked with finger sizes 4 and 5 the whole time, and during the work the rings looked so small I wondered whether they'd go on my finger. The shop does about 1 hour of finishing on the ring you made, so I left it with them, waited, and then got the finished piece.

I'd worried about the size at first, but once the finishing was done, the ring went on my finger fine. It's a ring completed by your own making plus professional finishing.

What I liked about Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch

Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch is a one-day class workshop where you go through design choice, hand-shaping and professional finishing.

• You can choose from a variety of ring designs yourself.
• You learn the shaping steps one by one as you make it.
• After you make it, the shop does professional finishing, so you get a polished ring.
• It suits couple rings, but also friendship rings with a friend, or a special experience with family.

The finished ring and its case

I finally got the finished ring.

It came in a neat ring case, which made the finished piece look even prettier. From choosing a design from the samples in the shop, to shaping it myself, to receiving the finished ring, there were more steps in making one ring than I'd expected.

I wore the finished ring and took photos too. Maybe because I made it myself, I feel even more attached to it. It carries a different meaning from the accessories I usually wear, so I think I'll remember it for a long time.

Visit info for Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch

• Shop: Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch (반지더하기 의정부점)
• Address: 11 Haengbok-ro, 5th floor, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi, South Korea
• Location: about 303 m from Uijeongbu Station Exit 5
• Booking: it's a good idea to check visit times through Naver Reservation.

Ring-making as a different kind of Uijeongbu date: how was it?

Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch isn't just a place to buy a ring. It's a workshop where you choose the design, go through the shaping steps and make your own ring. The clean, sentimental interior, the private room and the variety of ring designs were satisfying even before the class. Above all, the time spent learning each step and making the ring felt special.

Once I received and wore the finished ring, my small worries from the making vanished and I was left with the pride of having made it myself. Making my own ring in a private space made it a special time ✨ Wearing the finished rings together doubled the pride! If you're looking for an unusual date or a special one-day class in Uijeongbu, making your own ring at Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch could be a good experience. Making special memories 💕