THE STORIES of MAKING

Jewellery craftsman Takeshi Uchida's Niigata atelier is crammed with tools. It's like a fortress full of tools.

Jewelry craftsman Maruyama from Niigata. She is also the mother of two children. I'm very grateful for the presence of a female craftsman who can understand without having to explain, "You know, now we feel like this."

The other day, I went to the work area in Niigata for the craftsmen who are responsible for the production of MENTOSEN. On the first day, the work area of Ayumi Maruyama of Yen Sanjō (Sanjō-shi).

Event sponsored by MENTOSEN. On July 9th, 2022, the delicate relationship between "putting on" and "wearing" - Approaching contemporary jewelry and everyday life [Jewelry Theory Makiko Akiyama's talk event] was held at Shibuya Cultural Center Owada.

On Saturday, April 16, 2022, the 2nd adult excursion "Go along the Yazawa River! Kofun and Todoroki Valley" was held by Shinko Studio, a "MENTOSEN" shop. This excursion is 2020, when the corona started, and I wonder if I can do something fun when I'm estranged from people. This excursion was started by inviting people living in the area, titled "Excursion for Adults" to feel and enjoy the area by walking.

Many of MENTOSEN's jewelry are created by using 3D printers to output 3D models created by CAD, or by using CNC cutting. Modeling with CAD and outputting with a 3D printer is not always good, At MENTOSEN, one of our goals is to challenge designs that could not be done by hand, so we purposely use digital. What you can do with digital  What can you do with digital? For example, the Shikaku ring rotates 360 degrees while maintaining a certain angle of a 2mm square cube. First of all, it takes a lot of time to make an accurate...