Does anyone have a Minoru Hotta ring?

[lovedogs]

Just came across this designer from Japan and am blown away by his "block" designs:

Block | Minoru Hotta

Block - 5色のカラーゴールドを用いて作られるリングです。

www.minoru-hotta.jp

Anyone happen to have one of his pieces?

Thanks!

 

[lovedogs]

If you don't want to click a link:

 

[Starstruck8]

Wow! That's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. The pieces really are made of hundreds of tiny cubes, perfectly aligned.

There's a video of the technique online. I don't think I'm allowed to link to it, but basic searching will find it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems to skip over some crucial details...

 

[lovedogs]

Wow! That's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. The pieces really are made of hundreds of tiny cubes, perfectly aligned.

There's a video of the technique online. I don't think I'm allowed to link to it, but basic searching will find it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems to skip over some crucial details...

It's honestly mind blowing. Sadly, the prices are incredibly high. 9k USD for the one I'd theoretically like to own....

 

[Crimson]

@lovedogs and @Starstruck8 Thank you for sharing! I must visit this shop when I go to Tokyo.

 

[lovedogs]

@lovedogs and @Starstruck8 Thank you for sharing! I must visit this shop when I go to Tokyo.

Please do and take tons of pics!!!

 

[LilAlex]

Those pics up above look like CAD renderings. Does the real thing look like this? reminds me of all the fancy cutting board reels I keep getting served.

 

[Starstruck8]

Those pics up above look like CAD renderings. Does the real thing look like this? reminds me of all the fancy cutting board reels I keep getting served.

If you look right at the end of the technique video on Ganoksin (not allowed to link), you can see a finished ring. It looks a lot like the other pics. Granted, it's a simpler ring, only three rows wide. My guess is that the pics are of real rings. Note the textured white surface on the 3rd and 4th pics above, with DOF blurring at the back - this would not normally be shown in a CAD. I also at least suspect (may be wrong) that Minoru Hotta might regard CADs as beneath his dignity as a craftsman.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

I couldn't afford any of it, but if that's what they can do, it's absolutely remarkable!

 

[Crimson]

Please do and take tons of pics!!!

It will be much later this year! It looks as if they will be opening a shop in Hong Kong? https://www.minoru-hotta.jp/en/shoplist

 

[stracci2000]

Very cool process! It's refreshing to see hand work done with basic tools. So many things can go wrong.....but he pulls it off!
This might work:

Minoru Hotta - How-To Video - Ganoksin Jewelry Making Community

Minoru Hotta combines hundreds of cubes and rectangular solids. And here is how he does it

www.ganoksin.com

 

[lovedogs]

Those pics up above look like CAD renderings. Does the real thing look like this? reminds me of all the fancy cutting board reels I keep getting served.

He has pics of finished rings on his IG and they look exactly rhe same. It's beyond impressive

 

[Crimson]

It will be much later this year! It looks as if they will be opening a shop in Hong Kong? https://www.minoru-hotta.jp/en/shoplist

@lovedogs my Japanese friend who lives in Tokyo texted me a few times yesterday and today. I had to use all my self-control to refrain from asking him to go to the shop and take photos for us

 

[angeline]

@lovedogs thank you for bringing these to our attention! Truly amazing. So inspiring.

 

[Crimson]

My Japanese friend visited last week. I requested him to visit the Minoru Hotta store upon his return. He did, and he met Minoru Hotta! They got along so well that they are going to have coffee together to continue their conversation. My friend’s photos of the jewelry show them to be exactly like the ones on the Instagram and the website. Hotta-San shared that the most challenging part of making the jewelry from gold, silver, and platinum is that they all have different melting points. He had to make technical calculations. Sheer brilliance!

Sharing my friend’s photos. The person in the last pic is Minoru Hotta. He happened to be at the Isetan store in Shinjuku when my friend stopped by.

 

[lovedogs]

My Japanese friend visited last week. I requested him to visit the Minoru Hotta store upon his return. He did, and he met Minoru Hotta! They got along so well that they are going to have coffee together to continue their conversation. My friend’s photos of the jewelry show them to be exactly like the ones on the Instagram and the website. Hotta-San shared that the most challenging part of making the jewelry from gold, silver, and platinum is that they all have different melting points. He had to make technical calculations. Sheer brilliance!

Sharing my friend’s photos. The person in the last pic is Minoru Hotta. He happened to be at the Isetan store in Shinjuku when my friend stopped by.

Oh my goodness I'm so jealous!!!! Incredible, he's a freaking genius

 

[Crimson]

Thank you for starting this thread, @lovedogs!
Now my friend has a new friend in Hotta-san, and I will probably get to meet Hotta-San at some point.

Oh my goodness I'm so jealous!!!! Incredible, he's a freaking genius

 

[lovedogs]

Thank you for starting this thread, @lovedogs!
Now my friend has a new friend in Hotta-san, and I will probably get to meet Hotta-San at some point.

So amazing, I love it. One of his pieces is on my bucket list for sure