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Customer Review: A One-of-a-kind Birthday Gift to Myself

Have you ever given a present to yourself on your birthday? Besides couples, MITUBACI has received many customers who wished to make handmade jewelry as gifts for their loved ones and even for themselves! [...]

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Customer Review: Handmade Couple Ring—18k Yellow Gold and Platinum

At MITUBACI, you can personalize your jewelry ranging from ring width to texture. Our customer in this post opted for the snowflake texture [...]

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Pixel Imprint

New In: Customizable Pixel Art Metal Stamps!

MITUBACI Original Pixel Art Engraving MITUBACI is now offering the option of having your own pixel art engraving designed in advance and ready to be engraved by the day of the workshop. The pixel art engraving will be available at the workshop.

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Customer Review: Green Diamond Secret Stones

Allow us to introduce I-san's matching silver rings with green diamonds. Although only visible when unworn, these glistening green diamonds have a beautiful light hue [...]

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Introducing MITUBACI Logo Metal Stamp and Tools Used for Engraving

Brand Engraving and Engraving Tools MITUBACI This is Shindo, a craftsman. Today, I would like to introduce "brand engraving," which is also used in the production experience. What is brand engraving? Brand engraving is an important mark that proves that a piece of jewelry was made by the brand. At our worksho...

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Customer Review: Handmade Wedding Bands—Hammered and Plain Textures

Introducing M-san's wedding bands. Ring details: Platinum 3.0mm width with plain texture, 18K Champagne Gold 2.5mm width with hammered texture [...]

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A Cloud that Resembles An Anvil

It’s been really warm recently, and the skies have been covered by cumulonimbus clouds every now and then. As the clouds near the stratosphere (at around 10km altitude), it flattens out [...]

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Workshop Tools: Kanadoko and Mokudai

The anvil, known as kanadoko in Japanese, is an essential tool in jewelry making. It is a heavy metal block with a flat surface[...]

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Customer Review: Handmade Wedding Bands—Hammered Texture

Introducing S-san’s DIY wedding bands: platinum 3.0mm width and 18k yellow gold 3.0mm width, both with hammered texture [...]

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Handmade Wedding Bands—Snowflake Texture

As usual, the workshop begins with hand engraving. Workshop participants will be given a silver ingot to practice hand engraving until they feel confident [...]

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Customer Review: Handmade Couple Ring—18k Yellow Gold and Platinum

Like F-san, many workshop participants visit us to make not only their wedding bands but also couple rings to commemorate their anniversaries [...]

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The 3 Most Popular Hammered Textures

Three popular hammered textures for handmade wedding rings What is hammered texture? Hammered texture is created by striking the surface of a ring or bangle directly with a hammer to create a pattern. The word "tsuchime" refers to the mallet of a hammer (kanazuchi). One of the charms of handmade wedding rings is the technique known as tsuchime...

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Staff Visit To "Pearls—Gift from the Sea" Exhibition

We visited The Shoto Museum of Art in Shibuya for the Pearls—Gift from the Sea exhibition. The pearls on display ranged from ancient to modern times, even dating back to 3rd century BC! [...]

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A New Way Forward

Hello, this is Fujimori, a craftsman. In the last few days, we have started to hear the cicadas crying. It will soon be the end of the rainy season in Sangenjaya, Tokyo. At ミツバチ Factory, we are practicing a new lifestyle. In addition to the original restrooms, we have two other places to wash your hands after getting dirty in the workshop...

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Foresta Texture ー A Touch of Nature

Hello, my name is Shindo, a MITUBACI craftsman. I would like to introduce a texture that is applied to the surface of rings and bangles. This time, I would like to introduce a hammered texture called "Foresta". This is a special hammer for foresta. The tip of the hammer is thin and flattened. The vertical pattern is made to resemble a tree trunk....

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Snowflake Texture ー Sparkling Lightly Like Silent Snow

Hello, my name is Shindo, a MITUBACI craftsman. I would like to introduce a texture that is added to the surface of rings and bangles. This time, I would like to introduce a hammered texture called "snowflake". The shape of the mallet is a flat mallet with a finely carved pattern on the surface. You will be surprised at how large and heavy this hammer is for its delicate handle. ...

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Hammered Texture ー Shimmering Water Surface

Hello, my name is Shindo, a MITUBACI craftsman. I would like to introduce a texture that is applied to the surface of rings and bangles. This time, I would like to introduce "tsuchime". The shape of the hammer used for tsuchime is rounded at the tip and has a glossy mirror finish. Tsuchime is a process of making round dents on the surface...

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Treasure Hunt at Mineral marche

Our staff attended the Mineral marche exhibition held at Shibuya the other day and would like to share her experience with you. The exhibits on sale were all natural stones, ranging from minerals to meteorites and fossils! [...]

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