Cranston, Rhode Island.ʻO Caroline Rafaelian, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka hōʻailona hōʻailona Alex a me Ani i ka 2000s mua, ua hoʻokuʻu mua ʻo ia i kāna hui mea hoʻonaninani hou ʻo Metal Alchemist ma Rhode Island i ka Pōʻalima me ʻekolu mau hōʻiliʻili hou.Hana ʻia kēia mau hōʻiliʻili a pau ma Ocean State.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rafaelian, ʻaʻole ia e hana hou me Alex a me Ani, ʻo Metal Alchemist "ka mea mua o kāna ʻano ma nā ʻano he nui"."He hana noʻeau aʻu i makemake mau ai e hana."
ʻO nā hōʻiliʻili ʻekolu i ulana ʻia me ka mesh mesh, i manaʻo ʻiauwea, a me nā metala makamae i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a hoʻohana lākou i kahi kaʻina hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka ua e hui pū ai i ke gula, ke kālā, a me ke keleawe kūikawā i ka Metal Alchemist.Loaʻa nā kūpeʻe lima, nā apo, a me nā lei, i kūʻai ʻia ma waena o $28 a me $2,800.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rafaelian he "heirloom" nā mea nani o Metal Alchemist i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻoili ʻia mai kēlā hanauna i kēia hanauna.
ʻO kāna inoa ʻoihana hou e hoʻohanohano ana i kahi philosophy kahiko: alchemy, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ʻAigupita kahiko a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ma ʻEulopa, Kina, India a me ka honua Muslim a puni, e manaʻo e hoʻohuli i nā metala kumu i gula.Ua manaʻo ka poʻe Alchemists ua hana ʻia nā mea a pau i ʻehā mau mea—ka honua, ka ea, ke ahi, a me ka wai—a ua kōkua ka moʻomeheu alchemical i ka hana ʻana i nā manaʻo ʻepekema a me nā ʻano hana hoʻokolohua i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia mau lā.
ʻO ka luʻi a Rafaelian, ʻo ia ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi ala e hoʻohana ai i nā ʻano hana kahiko i ka hana ʻana i kēia manawa, e koi ana i ʻelua makahiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, kahi hui o nā ʻenekinia e kūkulu i nā mīkini, a me nā miliona kālā.Ua hoʻolilo ʻo Stephen A. Cipolla lāua ʻo Rafaelian, nā pelekikena o ka National Chain Company o Warwick, ma kahi o $8 miliona ma ka mīkini.
Hoʻohana ʻo Metal Alchemist i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomehana ʻana, ke kaomi ʻana a me ke kikoometala, he kaʻina hana hou a "kahiko e like me ka honua," e like me kā Metal Alchemist's "Chief Alchemist" Marisa Morin.Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻumi o nā huahana i nā mahina e hiki mai ana.
E kūʻai ʻia nā mea nani ma ka pūnaewele ma ka hale kūʻai nui o New York Metal Alchemist ma Tribeca, a me nā hale kūʻai 62 Reeds Jewelers ma US.
ʻO Judy Fisher, ka hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o nā mea kūʻai aku ma Reeds Jewelers, ua hauʻoli nui i ka manaʻo hou i emi iho ma mua o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ke kāhea ʻana o Rafaelian e haʻi iā ia, ua kipa pilikino ʻo Reeds CEO Alan M. Zimmer a me ke kūʻai aku ʻo VP Mitch Kahn i ka hoʻolālā..
"He nui ko mākou mahalo iā ia.ʻAʻole mākou e piʻi pinepine i ka mokulele e ʻike i nā mea hoʻolako, "i haʻi aku ai ʻo Judy Fisher, ka pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o ke kālepa ma Reeds Jewelers, i ka Globe.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Fisher i nā makahiki he ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua kālele ka ʻoihana jewelery i ka pilina manaʻo ma waena o nā kāne a me nā wahine, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea hou i hoʻohuli ʻia i nā apo hoʻopaʻa.He mau makahiki e hoʻomaka ai nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻae i nā metala e like me ka titanium, cobalt a me ke kila kila, ʻōlelo ʻo ia.Akā, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Fisher ʻaʻole e lōʻihi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hilinaʻi o ka mea kūʻai aku me nā metala paʻa kūʻokoʻa o Metal Alchemist.
“He moʻolelo aloha naʻau.Akā ua loli nā hanauna, a ua ulu ka ʻoihana.ʻAʻole ʻo nā makana Romantic ke poʻomanaʻo, "wahi a Fischer.“E pili ana i ka hōʻike pilikino.ʻAʻohe kānāwai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻaʻahu e like me kou makemake a lilo ʻoe iā ʻoe iho.No laila ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu inā ua hana ʻo (metal alchemists) i 20 mau makahiki i hala.Akā me nā mea kūʻai o kēia lā, ʻokoʻa nā mea.pili loa”.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Rafaelian iā Alex lāua ʻo Anya ma lalo o Cinerama Jewelry, kahi ʻoihana i hoʻomaka ai kona makuakāne hope ma Cranston, Rhode Island ma 1966, a ua lawe ʻo ia me kona kaikuahine.Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo me nā metala, e hoʻopaʻa iā lākou i nā kūpeʻe lima me nā hōʻailona a me nā amulets o ka poʻe akamai.I ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻo ia i kahi hoʻolālā maʻalahi: he kupee uea hiki ke hoʻopaneʻe.Ma ka waena o 2010s, ʻo Alex lāua ʻo Ani ka ʻoihana ulu wikiwiki loa ma US.
Ua kipaku ʻo Alex lāua ʻo Ani iā ​​ia i ka makahiki 2020 ma hope o ke ʻano o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka mana, nā hoʻopiʻi a me nā pilikia me nā ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa pilikino.Ke waiho nei ka hui no ka banekorupa Mokuna 11 ma 2021.
I kona hoʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana waiwai, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rafaelian ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana i nā waiwai i hana ʻia e ʻAmelika a "hoʻomālamalama hou i nā kukui" ma kāna hale hana ʻo Rhode Island, i ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ke kapikala waiwai o ka honua.
"Ua mākaukau ka honua no nā mea alchemists metala," wahi a Rafaelian i ka Globe."E like me ka mālama ʻana o ka poʻe i ka mea a lākou e kau ai i ko lākou kino a me ko lākou mau maka, e hōʻike ana kēia brand iā lākou i ke kumu he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i nā metala a mākou e kau ai i ko mākou ʻili."
Alexa Gagosz can be contacted at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz and on Instagram @AlexaGagosz.