Cranston, Rhode Island.Caroline Rafaelian, uas tau tsim lub cim npe Alex thiab Ani thaum ntxov 2000s, tau tshaj tawm nws lub tuam txhab nyiaj hniav kub tshiab Metal Alchemist hauv Rhode Island rau hnub Friday nrog peb cov khoom tshiab.Tag nrho cov kev sau no yog tsim nyob rau hauv Ocean State.
Rafaelian, uas tsis ua haujlwm nrog Alex thiab Ani ntxiv lawm, hais tias Metal Alchemist yog "thawj ntawm ntau txoj hauv kev"."Nws yog ib qho txuj ci uas kuv ib txwm xav ua."
Qhov peb sau yog woven hlau mesh, txhob txwmhlau, thiab cov hlau uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo, thiab lawv siv cov txheej txheem purification thiab nag lossis daus uas ua ke nrog kub, nyiaj, thiab tooj liab tshwj xeeb rau Metal Alchemist.Cov khoom suav nrog cov hlua tes, nplhaib, thiab caj dab, tus nqi ntawm $ 28 thiab $ 2,800.
Rafaelian hais tias Hlau Alchemist cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub yog ib qho "caj dab qub txeeg qub teg" txhais tau hais tias yuav dhau los ntawm ib tiam dhau ib tiam.
Nws lub tuam txhab tshiab lub npe them rau ib qho kev xav thaum ub: alchemy, uas tau tshwm sim hauv tebchaws Iziv thaum ub thiab tau siv nyob rau hauv Tebchaws Europe, Tuam Tshoj, Is Nrias teb thiab thoob plaws ntiaj teb Muslim, lub hom phiaj tig cov hlau ua kub.Alchemists ntseeg hais tias txhua yam yog tsim los ntawm plaub lub ntsiab - lub ntiaj teb, huab cua, hluav taws, thiab dej - thiab cov alchemical kab lig kev cai pab tsim lub scientific theories thiab kev sim txoj kev tseem siv niaj hnub no.
Rafaelian qhov kev sib tw yog nrhiav txoj hauv kev los siv cov txheej txheem hnub nyoog rau kev tsim khoom niaj hnub, uas yuav tsum tau muaj ob xyoos ntawm kev txhim kho, ib pab neeg ua haujlwm tsim cov tshuab, thiab ntau lab daus las.Stephen A. Cipolla thiab Rafaelian, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm National Chain Company ntawm Warwick, tau nqis peev ze li $ 8 lab hauv lub tshuab.
Hlau Alchemist siv cov txheej txheem cua sov, nias thiab ncabhlau, tus txheej txheem uas yog ob qho tib si tshiab thiab "laus li lub ntiaj teb," raws li Metal Alchemist's "Chief Alchemist" Marisa Morin.Kaum ob ntawm cov khoom yuav tsum tau tso tawm nyob rau lub hlis tom ntej.
Cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub yuav raug muag hauv online ntawm New York lub khw muag khoom Metal Alchemist hauv cheeb tsam Tribeca, nrog rau ntawm tag nrho 62 Reeds Jewelers khw hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas.
Judy Fisher, tus lwm thawj coj loj ntawm kev muag khoom ntawm Reeds Jewelers, tau txaus siab heev los ntawm lub tswv yim tshiab uas tsawg tshaj li ib lub lis piam tom qab Rafaelian hu mus qhia nws, Reeds CEO Alan M. Zimmer thiab kev lag luam VP Mitch Kahn tus kheej tau mus xyuas tus tsim..
“Peb muaj kev hwm nws ntau.Peb feem ntau tsis tau caij dav hlau mus saib cov neeg muab khoom, "Judy Fisher, tus lwm thawj coj loj ntawm kev muag khoom ntawm Reeds Jewelers, hais rau Globe.
Fisher tau piav qhia tias ob xyoo dhau los, kev lag luam jewelery tau tsom mus rau kev xav ntawm kev sib raug zoo ntawm cov txiv neej thiab poj niam, thiab ntau qhov kev tsim kho tshiab tau hloov pauv ntawm kev sib koom tes.Nws yuav siv sijhawm ntau xyoo rau cov neeg siv khoom pib txais cov hlau xws li titanium, cobalt thiab stainless hlau, nws hais.Tab sis Fisher ntseeg tias nws yuav tsis siv sij hawm ntev los yeej kev ntseeg siab ntawm cov neeg siv khoom nrog Metal Alchemist cov khoom sib txuas tshwj xeeb.
“Nws yeej ib txwm yog zaj dab neeg kev hlub.Tab sis ntau tiam neeg tau hloov pauv, thiab kev lag luam tau hloov zuj zus.Cov khoom plig romantic tsis yog lub ntsiab lus ntxiv lawm, "Fischer hais.“Nws yog ntau ntxiv txog kev qhia tus kheej.Tsis muaj kev cai, koj tuaj yeem hnav li cas koj xav tau thiab ua koj tus kheej.Yog li kuv tsis paub yog tias (hlau alchemists) puas tau ua haujlwm 20 xyoo dhau los.Tab sis nrog cov neeg siv khoom niaj hnub no, yam txawv.kev sib raug zoo. "
Rafaelian nrhiav tau Alex thiab Anya hauv qab daus ntawm Cinerama Jewelry, kev lag luam uas nws txiv lig tau pib hauv Cranston, Rhode Island xyoo 1966, uas nws thiab nws tus muam nws thiaj li coj mus.Nws pib sim nrog cov hlau, welding lawv mus rau hauv bracelets nrog cov cim thiab amulets ntawm cov sages.Nyob rau hauv 2004, nws patented ib tug yooj yim tsim: ib tug stretchable hlau bracelet.Los ntawm nruab nrab-2010s, Alex thiab Ani yog lub tuam txhab loj tshaj plaws hauv Asmeskas.
Alex thiab Ani tau ncaws tawm nws tawm hauv 2020 tom qab kev tawm haujlwm ua haujlwm, kev foob thiab teeb meem nrog cov tuam txhab ntiag tug thoob ntiaj teb.Lub tuam txhab tab tom thov rau Tshooj 11 kev lag luam poob nyiaj xyoo 2021.
Thaum nws rov qab mus rau kev lag luam hniav nyiaj hniav kub, Rafaelian tau hais tias nws mob siab rau ua cov khoom lag luam Asmeskas thiab "rov teeb lub teeb" ntawm nws lub Hoobkas Rhode Island, ib zaug hu ua lub peev nyiaj ntawm lub ntiaj teb.
Rafaelian hais rau Globe tias "Lub ntiaj teb tam sim no tau npaj txhij rau cov kws kho tsiaj alchemists.""Ib yam li tib neeg mob siab txog yam lawv muab tso rau ntawm lawv lub cev thiab ntawm lawv lub ntsej muag, lub hom phiaj no yuav qhia lawv tias vim li cas nws tseem ceeb kom nkag siab txog cov hlau uas peb muab tso rau ntawm peb cov tawv nqaij."
Alexa Gagosz can be contacted at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz and on Instagram @AlexaGagosz.