Introducing S-san’s DIY wedding bands: platinum 3.0mm width and 18k yellow gold 3.0mm width, both with hammered texture [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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...
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! [...]
A New Way Forward
Together with changing times and seasons, MITUBACI has a new way forward with managing our atelier [...]
Foresta Texture ー A Touch of Nature
The tree bark texture, as its name suggests, resembles the texture of tree barks and is created with a specially-made hammer that has a flat and pointed tip [...]
Snowflake Texture ー Sparkling Lightly Like Silent Snow
The snowflake texture is achieved with a tool called “tagane,” and it resembles an undisturbed pile of snow with a faint shimmer [...]
Hammered Texture ー Shimmering Water Surface
The hammered texture (also known as "tsuchime") produces this water-surface-like texture that shimmers beautifully when light hits [...]