The one making this box is not a jewelry brand. It is a small factory in Sumida, Tokyo. Today, the story of why a factory that cuts parts makes boxes. If you work at a brand or in the press, this is the one we would most like you to read.
What we usually make
What we usually cut are the metal parts that move inside machines. Parts with no name, that no one ever sees, asked only to be exact. We have made them for decades. Every day, we work with differences finer than a strand of hair.
Our factory sits at the foot of Skytree, across the railway tracks. There is no showiness to it. But in the craft of bringing metal to the shape we intend, we hold a quiet pride, even in this town of workshops.
So why make a box
There are two reasons. One is simple. Since we have this much skill, we wanted to make the most beautiful thing we could. Not for any use, just something truly good. That became this box.
And here is the point: there is a second reason.
Almost every jewelry box is made of paper
Picture the box that holds a precious ring or necklace. Most of them are made of paper. Fine paper boxes are everywhere. But a case cut from solid metal is almost nowhere to be seen.
We have the skill to fill that gap. To welcome something precious, not in paper, but in a vessel cut from a single block of metal. tamatebaco is that idea given form, and at the same time, a sample of what we can do.
For anyone who wants to make something in metal
Long before this box, we made all sorts of things. Metal pieces with a pattern set into each one, small tools cut from metal. Apart from the jobs we were asked to do, we gave form to things the hand wanted to try.
If you are thinking of giving something form in metal, please reach out. Product development for a brand, packaging, an editorial feature, a collaboration. Whether you have a drawing, or only the beginning of an idea, we will think it through with you, in the factory. We take orders from a single piece.
What the factory can take on
- Giving form to one piece, cut from a solid block of metal
- Joint development of products or packaging for other brands
- Working from a sketch or a real object when there is no drawing
- Finding a way even with metals that are hard to cut
- Editorial and press inquiries are welcome too
We take inquiries at this window.