Hare İstanbul — since 1972
Three crafts, one roof.
Work in our atelier moves across three benches; a piece passes through three masters’ hands before it reaches the case. This page is the short story of that journey.
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1972
The first bench
One bench, one master in Nuruosmaniye: moulds opened by hand, sales kept in a ledger.
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1986
The mould archive
The mould of every form is kept from now on; the archive now holds over four hundred. The Heritage collection is worked from it.
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2003
The second generation
Setting and polishing get their own benches; three crafts, each with its own master, under one roof.
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Today
The same address
Stones arrive certified; wedding bands still leave after two fittings. The door is the same door.
The benches
One piece, three decisions.
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The goldsmith
Builds the form: casting, wire-drawing, assembly. The skeleton of the piece leaves this bench.
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The setter
Seats the stone: opening the seat, raising the prongs, checking under the microscope. The stone holds, the light does not leak.
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The polisher
Opens the light: abrasive, felt, burnish. Every texture between matte and mirror is this bench’s decision.
See the bench in person.
On appointed visits you can watch the work in progress and discuss a commission with the master directly.