Cranston, Rhode Island.Caroline Rafaelian, uyo akatanga zita rechiratidzo Alex naAni mukutanga kwe2000s, akatanga zviri pamutemo kambani yake nyowani yezvishongo Metal Alchemist muRhode Island neChishanu aine matatu matsva.Zvese izvi zvakaunganidzwa zvinogadzirwa muOcean State.
Rafaelian, uyo asingachashandi naAlex naAni, akataura kuti Metal Alchemist "yekutanga yerudzi rwayo munzira dzakawanda"."Unyanzvi hwandagara ndichida kuita."
Iwo matatu akaunganidzwa akarukwa mesh yesimbi, nemaunewaya, uye simbi-yakasungwa simbi inokosha, uye vanoshandisa proprietary kuchenesa uye kunaya nzira inosanganisa goridhe, sirivheri, uye mhangura yakasiyana Metal Alchemist.Kuunganidzwa kunosanganisira zvishongo, zvindori, uye nekiresi, mutengo uri pakati pemadhora makumi maviri nemasere nemadhora mazana maviri nemakumi masere.
Rafaelian anoti Metal Alchemist jewelry i "heirloom" inofanirwa kupfuudzwa kubva kuchizvarwa kuenda kune chimwe chizvarwa.
Zita rake idzva rekambani rinopa rukudzo kuhuzivi hwekare: alchemy, iyo yakatanga kuEgypt yekare uye yaiitwa muEurope, China, India uye nepasirese reMuslim, ine chinangwa chekushandura simbi dzepasi kuita goridhe.Alchemists vaidavira kuti zvinhu zvose zvakaumbwa nezvinhu zvina-pasi, mhepo, moto, uye mvura-uye tsika yealchemical yakabatsira kuumba dzidziso dzesayenzi uye nzira dzerabhoritari dzichiri kushandiswa nhasi.
Denho yaRafaelian yakanga iri yokuwana nzira yokushandisa nayo mitoo yekare mukugadzira kwazvino uno, uko kwaida makore maviri ebudiriro, boka ravainjiniya rokuvaka michina yacho, uye mamiriyoni emadhora.Stephen A. Cipolla naRafaelian, mapurezidhendi eNational Chain Company yeWarwick, vakaisa mari inosvika mamiriyoni masere emadhora mumuchina uyu.
Metal Alchemist inoshandisa nzira yekudziya, kudzvanya uye kutambanudzasimbi, muitiro mutsva uye “wekare senyika,” maererano ne“Chief Alchemist” weMetal Alchemist Marisa Morin.Mazana ezvigadzirwa anotarisirwa kuburitswa mumwedzi iri kuuya.
Zvishongo izvi zvichatengeswa pamhepo kuNew York's flagship Metal Alchemist chitoro munzvimbo yeTribeca, pamwe nezvitoro makumi matanhatu nembiri zveReeds Jewelers muUS.
Judy Fisher, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wezvekutengesa paReeds Jewelers, akafadzwa nepfungwa itsva zvekuti pasati papera vhiki Rafaelian afona kuti amuudze, Reeds CEO Alan M. Zimmer uye VP yekushambadzira Mitch Kahn ivo pachavo vakashanyira dhizaini..
“Tinomuremekedza zvikuru.Hatiwanzokwira ndege kunoona vatengesi, "Judy Fisher, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wezvekutengesa kuReeds Jewelers, akaudza Globe.
Fisher akatsanangura kuti mukati memakumi maviri emakore apfuura, indasitiri yezvishongo yakatarisana nekubatana kwemanzwiro pakati pevarume nevakadzi, uye yakawanda yehunyanzvi yakatenderedza mhete dzekubatana.Zvinotora makore kuti vatengi vatange kugamuchira simbi dzakaita setitanium, cobalt nesimbi isina tsvina, akadaro.Asi Fisher anotenda kuti hazvitore nguva kuhwina kuvimba kwevatengi neMetal Alchemist yakasarudzika simbi yekubatanidza.
“Yagara iri nyaya yerudo rwepfungwa.Asi zvizvarwa zvachinja, uye indasitiri yakashanduka.Zvipo zverudo hazvisisiri musoro wenyaya, "Fischer akadaro.“Zvinonyanya kutaurwa nezvako.Iko hakuna mitemo, iwe unogona kupfeka chero iwe waunoda uye uve iwe pachako.Saka handizive kana (simbi alchemists) ingadai yakashanda makore makumi maviri apfuura.Asi nevatengi vemazuva ano, zvinhu zvakasiyana.zvakabatana”.
Rafaelian akatanga Alex naAnya mukamuri repasi reCinerama Jewelry, bhizinesi rakatanga baba vake muCranston, Rhode Island muna 1966, iro iye nehanzvadzi yake vakazotora.Akatanga kuedza nesimbi, achizvipinza muzvishongo nezviratidzo uye mazamu evachenjeri.Muna 2004, akaita patent dhizaini iri nyore: tambo inotambanuka.Pakazosvika pakati pe2010s, Alex naAni yaive kambani inokurumidza kukura muUS.
Alex naAni vakamudzinga muna 2020 mushure mekudzingwa basa, mhosva uye matambudziko nemafemu epasi rese akazvimirira ega.Iyo kambani iri kunyorera Chitsauko 11 kubhuroka muna 2021.
Paakadzokera kubhizimisi rezvishongo, Rafaelian akati akanga akazvipira kugadzira zvigadzirwa zveAmerica uye "akavhenekerazve mwenje" pafekitari yake yeRhode Island, yaimbozivikanwa sezvishongo zvepasi rose.
“Nyika zvino yagadzirira kugadzirwa kwesimbi,” Rafaelian akaudza Globe.“Sezvo vanhu vane hanya nezvavanoisa pamiviri yavo uye kumeso, mhando iyi inovaratidza kuti nei zvakakosha kunzwisisa simbi dzatinoisa paganda redu.
Alexa Gagosz can be contacted at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz and on Instagram @AlexaGagosz.