ʻO ʻEpekema ka hoa maikaʻi o ke kaikamahine

Kaulana ʻo Kretchmer no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻopaʻapaʻa e hoʻokuʻu i nā mea nani me ka mana prong o 12,000 paona i kēlā me kēia ʻīniha square. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i nā ala e hana ai i ke gula a me nā metala i loko o nā waihoʻoluʻu a hana ʻo Polarium - he mea hoʻohui platinum magnetized mau loa e hiki ke huki a hoʻolei i nā ʻāpana magnetized ʻē aʻe.

Ke hele nei kāna kaikamahine ʻo Claudia, 35, e mālama i ka hoʻoilina o kona makuakāne a hoʻomau i kāna holomua me nā hoʻolālā hou.

Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i kahi hōʻike pahu Kretchmer i ka B.C. ka mea hoʻolaha o kā lākou hana: ʻO Creole Carmichael o Oak Bay, he mea hoʻolālā nāna e ʻapo pū i ka hana ʻepekema i kāna hana.

ʻO kaʻu ʻāpana Kretchmer punahele ma ka hōʻike ʻana ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Polarium i loko o kahi locket apo. ʻO ke apo huna i loko he ʻelua a ʻekolu mau kaula metala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me kahi leka pilikino i kahakaha ʻia i loko.

Loaʻa nā ʻāpana Kretchmer mai $2,000 a i $30,000.

"Makemake ʻo ia e hana i nā mea e kū i waho, he mea maʻamau," wahi a Kretchmer. Ua hoʻomaka kona makuakāne, nona ke kēkelē laeoʻo no ka ʻoihana akamai, i ka hana ʻana i nā metala i kona wā ʻōpiopio. ʻO kāna mau hoʻokolohua haʻahaʻa i alakaʻi iā ia e aʻo me nā haku Italia, hoʻokolohua me nā metala exotic Iapana a hoʻomohala i ke gula uliuli no Harry Winston.

Ma ka waena o 1990s ua hoʻomaka ʻo Steven Kretchmer i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī me kāna wahine ʻo Alma a me kāna kaikamahine hānai ʻo Claudia - āna i hālāwai ai ma Italia. ʻO kāna mau patent a me kāna mau hoʻolālā i loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike honua, e like me kāna mau hana quirky. Ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻo Kretchmer i kahi hale kula i ka makahiki 1899 i hale a me ke keena o ka ʻohana, kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai kahi papa hana i nā hoʻonohonoho hana gula maʻamau a me nā mīkini huna kiʻekiʻe - kekahi i hoʻohana ʻia e NASA. Ua hoʻopunipuni nui ʻia ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o Kretchmer akā ʻaʻole i hana hou ʻia i ka maikaʻi. Pono nā malihini e pūlima i nā ʻaelike huna.

Ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka make ʻana o Kretchmer, ua make kāna wahine. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Claudia i kāna kēkelē laepua ma ka astrophysics a ua hoʻoholo e lawe i ka ʻoihana ʻohana, e hoʻokumu ana i kahi hale kūʻai ma Scottsdale, Ariz.

"Ma muli o koʻu ʻike ʻepekema he mea kūlohelohe ia iaʻu," wahi a Kretchmer. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna hōʻike solo mua ma 2007 a ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka Town and Country Design Award no kahi pendant e hoʻohui i kekahi o nā hoʻolālā mua a Steven Kretchmer me ke aloha o kāna kaikamahine i ka astronomy. ʻO ka hopena, he puʻupuʻu platinum a me ke gula nani.

"Aia kā mākou mea 'ma waho' akā ʻo ia ka mea e hana ai," wahi a Kretchmer o kāna laina, i kapa ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā 10 kiʻekiʻe loa e hōʻiliʻili ʻia e Sotheby's.

He aloha i ka metallurgy ka mea i huki iā Victoria's Carmichael i ka hana a Steven Kretchmer. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Carmichael ʻo "Platinum Princess" no kona ʻike i ka metala a me ka wela wela. I ka makahiki 2002, ua noi ʻia ʻo ia no nā laʻana o kāna mau mea hana hou e Imperial Smelting Toronto no kahi symposium. He mamao loa ia mai ke keleawe a me ke kala kala āna i kūʻai aku ai ma nā mākeke Bastion Square kokoke i 20 mau makahiki i hala.

I kēia manawa, hoʻokomo ʻo Carmichael i kahi ʻepekema ʻē aʻe ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hoʻolālā kōkua kamepiula (CAD). Hoʻohana ka papahana hoʻolālā kamepiula i ka ʻenehana 3-D e hana i nā kiʻi like ʻole o nā hoʻolālā nani a me nā ana kikoʻī e hiki ai iā Carmichael ke hoʻohana i kāna mīkini.

"Ke kahakaha nei au i ka hoʻolālā me ka mea kūʻai aku, a laila e hoʻokomo i loko o CAD," wahi a Carmichael, kāna keiki 25 makahiki ʻo Trent Harris e aʻo pū me ia. "ʻO ka mea āu e ʻike ai ma ke kiʻi CAD he ʻoiaʻiʻo loa ia i ka mea āu e loaʻa ai he mea kupaianaha." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Carmichael e ʻae ka ʻenehana iā ia e hana i nā hana kikoʻī, e hāʻawi iā ia i ke kūʻokoʻa hou e makaʻala i kāna mau ʻano kūlohelohe e like me ka swirls a, ka mea hou loa, nā lilia cala.

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