Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Winter 2014 - Chinese - (Page 76)

TRADITION 传统 UPSTAIR S, DOWNSTAIR S Clockwise from top: Hard at work in the jewelry workshop above the Asprey customer showroom; outside the Bond Street headquarters; inside the Norman Foster-designed shop. 楼上，楼下从右上角起顺时针方向：在爱丝普蕾顾客展厅楼上，工匠们在珠宝加工车间内辛勤地工作；邦德街总部外景；诺曼福斯特设计的商店内部。 · HIDDEN GEMS The secreT spaces above asprey's glamorous shop are where The magic happens Sir Norman Foster 's 2004 $80 million transformation of the Asprey flagship in London was widely hailed as an architectural feat. But behind the façade of 167 New Bond Street is something else just as special, if rarely viewed. Four floors up, above the elegant retail showrooms of sterling silver, jewelry and handbags, the doorways become unimposing and the ceilings lower, leading to a labyrinth of workshops. Within are master silversmiths, jewelers and artisans - a cache of craftsmanship. In the past, every Bond Street jeweler and silversmith boasted its own series of workshops above the store. Today it is only Asprey that still operates this way. Andrew Harrison, a silversmith of 35 years, puts down the sterling silver safe he's been painstakingly creating and points to a bank of traditional tools that have been sitting in the same place since the 1920s. "You wouldn't be able to buy tools like those anymore," he says. They are known as "stakes," and although they appear identical to the untrained eye, Harrison explains that each has a specific purpose. Beyond the silversmith chambers comes a warren of rooms dedicated to leather, and finally, one arrives at the workshop of jewelers Audrey Le Grand and Stuart Greig, who are currently working on "Chaos," Asprey's newest fine jewelry collection. Le Grand is on a tight deadline to finish the first set in the collection, made of tourmalines and white diamonds set in platinum. But carry it off she will, as per the Asprey motto that's well-known among its craftspeople: "It Can Be Done." 76 w w w. r i t z c a r lt o n . c o m 隐藏的宝石在爱丝普蕾富丽堂皇的精品店楼上，是创造奇迹的秘密空间诺曼福斯特先生于 2004 年斥资 8,000 万美元对爱丝普蕾 · 伦敦旗舰店进行了大刀阔斧地改造，被广泛赞誉为建筑史上的一个壮举。不过您很少看到，新邦德街 167 号的背后也别有一番风景。在高雅华丽的纯银、珠宝和手袋零售展厅楼上，四层的门口便显得不那么瞩目，天花板也低矮了很多，从这里进去，便步入了迷宫般的加工车间。技艺精湛的许多大师级银匠、珠宝匠及工匠们都在辛勤地忙碌。过去，邦德街上的每位珠宝匠和银匠都喜欢吹嘘他们在商店楼上拥有一系列加工车间。今天，只有爱丝普蕾仍沿用这一运营方式。安德鲁哈里森是一位拥有 35 年经验的银匠， · 他轻轻放下一直在精心雕琢的纯银饰物，并指向一堆传统的工具，据他表示，这些工具自 20 世纪 20 年代以来便一直放在这里，不曾移动。 "你可能再也买不到这些工具了" ，他说。它们被称为 "支柱" ，哈里森解释道，虽然在外行人看来它们的外观大同小异，其实每一件工具都有各自的专门用途。在银匠室的远端是一些专门用来存放皮革的房间。最后，我们来到珠宝匠 Audrey Le Grand 和 Stuart Greig 的加工车间，他们正在专心打造爱丝普蕾最新的精品珠宝系列 "Chaos"Le Grand 的工期很紧，。需要加紧完成该系列中的第一款产品，这款产品选用碧玺和铂金材质，并镶嵌白色钻石。但她肯定会圆满完成任务，就像在工匠之中广为流传的爱丝普蕾座右铭一样： "一切皆能做到。 " http://WWW.RITZCARLTON.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Winter 2014 - Chinese

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Winter 2014 - Chinese
Contents
Contributors
Editor’s Letter
President’s Letter
Falling in Love With ... Bangalore
Design
On the Boulevards
Shopping
Gifts
Beauty
Jewelry
Watches
Tradition
Behind the Scenes
Family
Local Knowledge
Outdoors
As It Was
Herzliya
Fashion
Culinary
Let Us Stay With You
Heritage

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Winter 2014 - Chinese