Atelier CU

Two goldsmiths with different strengths share the bench at Gerechtigkeitsgasse 13 in Bern: Corinne Hulliger and Ursula Rickli. The atelier accompanies you from the idea to the finished piece of jewelry, putting ideas on paper first and then making the piece by hand. If you have gold in a drawer that you would like to see in your wedding bands, Atelier CU is a natural fit, because reworking a client's own old jewelry is what one of the two likes best.

Wedding rings made by two goldsmiths, with your old gold as an option

Both are partners of Atelier CU GmbH, with Ursula Rickli as chair of the management and Corinne Hulliger as managing partner. The Swiss commercial register shows the company as active, entered on 16 April 2024, with a purpose of running a goldsmith's atelier.

For wedding rings, the most useful thing to know is that the two goldsmiths have different strengths. Corinne Hulliger works in a baroque style, with fine romantic rings and combinations of different materials, and she prefers to work with a customer's old jewelry or gold, giving the worn piece a second life. Ursula Rickli favors clear forms and fine detail with gemstones at the center; her own favorite work is gemstone necklaces in unusual color combinations. She is patient and considered, a good temperament for a long conversation about rings. If you have a grandparent's ring or a drawer of broken chains, Corinne's preference matters, and you get to choose which hand suits your taste.

What the wedding-ring gallery shows

The first question is whether the two rings should be identical to underline your bond, different to give each of you room, or different with shared elements. Any of the three is possible, depending on preference. The wedding-ring gallery holds 33 entries, across this range:

• Metals: yellow gold, rose gold, red gold, dark red gold, white gold, platinum, palladium and silver, often in two-metal pairs.
• Carbon and steel: pairs that combine gold or palladium with carbon, and one pair in red gold, steel and carbon with diamonds in the woman's ring.
• Stones: brilliants and diamonds in the woman's ring, a champagne-colored brilliant, a green brilliant, opals, cabochons, and a diamond rose.
• Surfaces: hammered, structured, braided, a cord pattern, and rings made to fit into each other.
• Own gold: several pairs are made from customer gold, including sand-cast rings with a brilliant, and one pair of white and yellow gold made from old gold.
• Alterations: a separate entry covers the remodeling of existing wedding rings.

In one pair, a solitaire ring has been worked into the woman's band, a neat way to keep an engagement stone and a wedding band together. The variety shows that the atelier does not push one house style: the two goldsmiths adapt to what each couple brings.

Engagement rings, repairs and the rest of the range

The same atelier makes engagement rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets, and also takes on repairs, alterations and new commissions. The earrings include pieces by Thomas Wiltmann, and Palladium AG Thomas Wiltmann is a partner of the atelier. Beyond wedding bands, the ring gallery covers signet and coat-of-arms rings, one in silver with wood inlays and one in silver with carbon, and stones such as star sapphire, tourmaline, moonstone and aquamarine. A couple who want a gift for a parent or a witness can ask about other pieces in the same visit.

A non-binding first consultation

The atelier offers a non-binding first consultation about design variants, materials and manufacturing methods, which you can book online. Hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 10:30 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 18:00, and Friday and Saturday from 10:30 to 16:00. Appointments outside those hours are possible by arrangement, a help if your Bern trip is short. The website is in German, and prices, delivery times and English service are not published, so the atelier suits couples who can come to Bern in person, or who are comfortable writing in German.

Listed with the Bern city-center association

Atelier CU is a member of BernCity, the association behind the Bern city-center gift card, in the Shopping category for jewelry and watches and tagged as an acceptance point (Annahmestelle).

Next to other Bern ateliers

Punctum Aureum is a Bern old-town workshop, run by five women goldsmiths and certified Oekogold, while Evelyne-M also invites couples to have rings made from their own old gold. Of the two, only Evelyne-M shares Atelier CU's openness to rings made from your own old gold; Punctum Aureum is distinguished by its all-women team and certification.