Jewelry through the prism of mechanical engineering ✨
I have been working in jewelry for over 20 years — and in that time I have built a complete production cycle from the ground up: professional CAD modeling, casting or precision CNC milling, mechanical finishing, stone setting, and final polish. I don't just design jewelry – I build it from first principles, from idea to finished object. Every piece I make is a technologically precise artifact where material choices, mechanisms, and tolerances are driven by engineering logic.
Under the brand VIVERIUM I develop bespoke CNC machinery and jewelry created with it. I also publish open-source tooling and educational content aimed at bringing mechanical engineering standards into the jewelry industry.
I design mechanical jewelry where aesthetics and engineering operate as a single system. My pieces are not just jewelry: they are technologically profound objects featuring mechanisms, kinetic elements, and unconventional materials — precious metals, titanium, anodized duralumin, ceramics, non-standard alloys, and gemstones. I collaborate with designers and brands worldwide, creating bespoke pieces that push the boundary between art object and precision instrument.
When working with clients on complex-form jewelry with embedded mechanisms, my guiding principle is this: the artist should draw what they see — whatever is best from a design perspective. We then solve for the engineering. It is precisely at the intersection of design and technology, when each challenges the other, that genuine creativity happens.
Under the brand VIVERIUM, I unite my personal projects and achievements in jewelry modeling and production equipment development. VIVERIUM stands for innovation, quality, and a passion for creating jewelry that is simultaneously beautiful and technologically perfect.
"The jewelry industry as a whole lacks technological progress. I am changing this by demonstrating that an engineering approach opens up fundamentally new tools and opportunities for jewelers."
I design and build my own CNC equipment from the ground up — rigid AL7075 frames, precision linear guides, ballscrews, and EtherCAT servo-based control systems. The machines are optimized to minimize thermal deformations and vibrations, enabling micro-milling of miniature parts with tolerances consistent with fine-mechanism standards.
CAM workflow runs on Fusion 360 and custom toolpath utilities. Capabilities include complex profile milling, micro-slots, chamfers, and pocket seats for stone settings — delivering surface quality ready for final polishing and finishing. The rigidity and precision of the machine also open a watchmaking dimension: it is capable of cutting miniature watch threads and producing components for watch movements, held to the tolerances standard in the horological industry.
An open-source Add-in for Autodesk Fusion 360 written in Python. It automates tasks that previously required hours of manual work: parametric gemstone setting on arbitrary surfaces, prong and channel generation, cutter booleans for recesses, and planar unfolding of curved surfaces for manufacturing.
I publish tutorials and step-by-step breakdowns of real projects focused on applying professional mechanical engineering software to jewelry production. The content covers a broad range of topics:
The goal is to show the industry that engineering tools are not only accessible right now — they open up fundamentally new horizons for jewelry design and manufacturing.