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Heavy Metal
Ore
80 Dartmouth St., Boston
(617-247-7426) storeore.com
Jewelry artist Sophie Hughes vintage hammers will never touch the head of a nail. Thats
because when this 27-year-old Maine native buys hammers, the texture of the steel, not the
strength of the tool, is what shes really looking for. I have one Ace Hardware hammer and that
can hit nails, but it would never hit my silver, Hughes says.
Her designs of distressed silver and gold can be found at her new South End shop, Ore,
which opened in November, stocking her full line as well as a selection of accessories from
other local designers. Hughes pieces are all created in her studio, located on the second floor
of the shop. Torches, pliers, files and anvils surround her wooden workspace, but the hammers are her favorites.
She uses those hammers and her antique anvil to lend a rough texture to most of her
bracelets, necklaces, earrings and rings, while the torches soften the metal when shes making more delicate chains. She also dunks silver in a patina dip, which speeds up the tarnishing, occasionally brushing away parts of the dip for an ombr effect. The pieces themselves
look kind of rugged and raw, and the smaller details balance it with a feminine aspect,
Hughes says. After building her tool kit for nearly 13 years, she has a Vulcan-level comfort
around metal and flamecustomers might even see her torching silver while chatting on
the phone. / Hannah Sheinberg
Spitting Image
The forthcoming Seaport restaurant expected to
be known as M.C. Medici will henceforth be called
M.C. Spiedo. Thats the word from a rep for
Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier, the James Beard
Award-winning chefs famous for Arrows Restaurant in Maine. Spiedo means spit or skewer
in Italian, and a 40-inch steel spit will be used to
roast locally sourced meats and poultry at the Italian-themed restaurant, slated to open in February
at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.
H e a v y M e ta l p hotography: Ho lly Rike; ha ir: STACY xiong / viselli san toro Sa lon ;
makeuP: lauren leach / viselli santoro salon; sty ling: re nata certo-ware; wardrobe: cy nthia rowley dress
B o s t o n i a n
I m p r o p e r
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tools of the trade: Sophie
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