Sayansi Ndi Bwenzi Lapamtima la Atsikana

Kretchmer ndiwodziŵika bwino chifukwa chokonza zosinthika zomwe zimayimitsa miyala yamtengo wapatali yokhala ndi mphamvu ya 12,000 mapaundi pa inchi imodzi. Adapanga njira zopangira golide ndi zitsulo kukhala mitundu ndikupanga Polarium - aloyi ya platinamu yokhala ndi maginito yomwe imatha kukopa kapena kuthamangitsa zidutswa zina zamaginito, sitepe yakuyandikira maloto ake a zodzikongoletsera zoyandama.

Mwana wake wamkazi Claudia, 35, akupita patsogolo kuti asunge cholowa cha abambo ake ndikupitiliza kupita patsogolo ndi mapangidwe atsopano.

Posachedwa adabweretsa chiwonetsero chathunthu cha Kretchmer ku B.C. ogawa ntchito zawo: Creole Carmichael wa Oak Bay, wojambula yemwe amavomerezanso luso la sayansi pantchito yake.

Chidutswa chomwe ndimakonda kwambiri cha Kretchmer pachiwonetsero chinaphatikiza Polarium mu locket yamtundu wamtundu. Mphete ya Inner Secret ili ndi zitsulo ziwiri kapena zitatu zolumikizidwa ndi maginito pamodzi ndi uthenga wamunthu wolembedwa mkati.

Zidutswa za Kretchmer zimachokera ku $2,000 mpaka $30,000.

"Ankafuna kupanga zinthu zomwe zingakhale zachilendo," adatero Kretchmer. Bambo ake, omwe anali ndi digiri yaukadaulo waukadaulo, adayamba kusewera ndi zitsulo ali aang'ono. Zoyeserera zake zapansi panthaka zidamupangitsa kuti aphunzire ndi ambuye aku Italy, kuyesa zitsulo zakunja zaku Japan ndikupanga golide wabuluu kwa Harry Winston.

Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1990, Steven Kretchmer adayambitsa kampani yakeyake ndi mkazi wake Alma ndi mwana wake wopeza Claudia - yemwe adakumana naye ku Italy. Ma patent ake ndi mapangidwe ake adamupangitsa kuti adziwike padziko lonse lapansi, monga momwe amachitira ndi machitidwe ake olakwika. Kretchmer adakonzanso nyumba yasukulu ya 1899 kuti ikhale nyumba yabanja komanso situdiyo, pomwe malo ochitira msonkhano anali ndi zida zachikhalidwe zosula golide komanso makina apamwamba achinsinsi - ena omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi NASA. Zokonda za Kretchmer zakhala zabodza kwambiri koma sizinapangidwenso bwino. Alendo ayenera kusaina mapangano achinsinsi.

Pasanathe chaka kuchokera pamene Kretchmer anamwalira, mkazi wake anamwalira. Claudia amamaliza digiri yake ya udokotala mu astrophysics ndipo adaganiza zotenga bizinesi yabanja, kukhazikitsa shopu ku Scottsdale, Ariz.

"Chifukwa cha mbiri yanga yasayansi zinali zachibadwa kwa ine," adatero Kretchmer. Adakhazikitsa chiwonetsero chake choyamba chayekha mu 2007 ndipo adapambana Mphotho ya Town and Country Design ya pendant yomwe imaphatikiza zina mwazojambula zoyambirira za Steven Kretchmer ndi chikondi cha mwana wake wamkazi cha zakuthambo. Chotsatira chake ndi gulu la nyenyezi la platinamu ndi miyala yagolide.

"Zinthu zathu ndi 'kunja uko' koma ndizomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zapadera," adatero Kretchmer wa mzere wake, yemwe adatchulidwa kuti ndi mmodzi mwa anthu 10 omwe amasonkhanitsidwa kwambiri ndi Sotheby's.

Zinali chikondi chazitsulo chomwe chinakopa Carmichael wa Victoria ku ntchito ya Steven Kretchmer. Carmichael amadziwika kuti "Platinum Princess" chifukwa cha ukatswiri wake pazitsulo ndi zosakaniza zochizira kutentha. Mu 2002, adafunsidwa zitsanzo za zodzikongoletsera zake zatsopano ndi Imperial Smelting Toronto pa zokambirana. Zinali kutali ndi zodzikongoletsera zamkuwa ndi siliva zomwe adagulitsa m'misika ya Bastion Square pafupifupi zaka 20 zapitazo.

Tsopano Carmichael akukumbatira sayansi ina pogwiritsa ntchito makina opangira makompyuta (CAD). Pulogalamu yopangira makompyuta imagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa 3-D kupanga zithunzi zowoneka ngati zodzikongoletsera ndi miyeso yolondola yomwe Carmichael angagwiritse ntchito pamakina ake.

"Ndimajambulabe mapangidwe ndi kasitomala, kenako ndikulowetsa ku CAD," adatero Carmichael, yemwe mwana wake wamwamuna wazaka 25 Trent Harris akuphunzira naye. "Zomwe mukuwona pachithunzi cha CAD ndizowona pazomwe mumapeza ndizodabwitsa." Carmichael adati ukadaulo umamupangitsa kuti apange ntchito zambiri, zomwe zimamupatsa ufulu wochulukirapo kuti afufuze mawonekedwe ake achilengedwe monga ma swirls ndipo, posachedwa, maluwa a cala.

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