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    Macchiarini Creative Design

    4.4 (29 reviews)
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    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    Nosh S.

    The lady in the shop was pleasant and Emma designed me a really nice engagement ring of white gold and a tear drop amethyst. I was really happy with it, so happy I decided not to send the ring back because the size was not correct. I would get it fixed, later, when we get the wedding rings. About a year later, the amethyst falls out. We bring the ring back to the shop, where there is a rather grumpy gentleman at the counter who promises us to put in a new stone. Then the ring comes with a beautiful, new, deep purple amethyst. But the white gold is now black...a few texts go unanswered, till I text on 415-982-2229: - Hi, I got my ring back last week but the gold is black now - Didn't change gold at all...just needs to be polished... The ring wasn't black when I left it in his shop...I just read the review of G R., seems I am not the only one. Mr Grump is doing an excellent job at chasing customers away...and spoiling what should be a pleasant memory of an engagement ring... It turns out that Mr Grump's daughter, Emma, moved to NC and is opening a store there. She promised to work on my ring...

    toby s.

    I am SO thankful that I found Macchiarini Creative Design. I had a very custom project that needed a custom casting. I had called other galleries and artists and no one wanted to help. I had a plaster casting of my fathers hand and I wanted to have it bronzed. It was very delicate and my father had since passed away so it was totally irreplaceable. I found Macchiarini Creative Design and showed them the plaster statue. Dan walked me through the process of what would need to be done. He gave me a good expectation of the costs, options, and how long it would take. He sent me updates on the project as it went along. He would send photos and let me know what choices I had for finishes and patinas and how to best display it. He was incredibly helpful and his brilliant artistic eye helped to guide my choices. The finished project was perfect. The casting kept all its detail and it became a truly beautiful work of art.

    Cheng L.

    My fiancée and I took the custom ring making class, and the rings we made with the help from Dan and Emma far exceeded what we thought possible. They are extremely knowledgeable and did everything possible to help us make what we wanted. We literally started with a bar of gold and got walk though the process of making our own rings. It was so much fun and much more meaningful than if we had bought our rings off the shelf. I would highly recommend this to any couple.

    Ruined metal earring

    Wow. So I went to this place to repair my earrings because the post fell off of the earring itself. I thought this would be an easy fix and decided to go with this place because they're cheaper than any other place I checked with, and I figured it was an easy job, and hard to mess up. Well I was wrong--u get what u pay for. This guy ruined the metal of the earring so it was irreparably damaged. They weren't sterling silver, and he never even asked me, but just assumed they were and sandpapered off part of the metal so they now look stained. The soldering job was sloppy and easily seen by the naked eye. He made the post shorter, so that one is higher than another. And the best part was that he put the earring on backwards, even after I thoroughly discussed (and showed him) how they were supposed to go. When I told him all this he got really angry and said "WHAT ARE U SAYING, U WANT YOUR MONEY BACK!?" And I said yes. So he slammed the money down on the table and told me to leave. When I tried to calmly talk about it he said that he didn't want to hear it. I told him that he had poor business practices and left. This place is just a bunch of shitty handmade jewelry anyway. Avoid at all costs. I'm sure u can do better.

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    monica d.

    I went here for my wedding ring because they were just about the only place in the bay willing / able to work with wood, plus it's a really neat looking shop. I gave them a drawing and they worked with me to make a ring similar to my design. Although the first one wasn't quite on the mark, mainly because of a miscommunication, I think, with the lapidary, they started over and made me a new ring. I ended up with a pretty, hand-crafted wood, tourmaline & silver ring, that included natural elements that were important to me. You can see the picture of it in the photos section.

    Tourmaline and yellow gold engagement ring

    I went to Dan for an engagement ring based on the positive reviews here, and I was thrilled with the results. Dan listened carefully to my input, and throughout the process was enthusiastic and thoughtful. The result is absolutely stunning... yellow gold and spiral-cut tourmaline, entirely mined in California, hand-made and simply gorgeous. I wanted a ring that felt personal, not something made by a machine using overpriced stones from questionable sources. What I got was a piece of true artwork and craftsmanship. Best of all, she said yes! I've posted a photo of the result, not sure how to include it with my review: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/macchiarini-creative-design-san-francisco?userid=og-yfBhof51kUDritSqKSA#L5BVUygepReBmkArZzbwMg

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    I just dropped in quickly to get a ring sized and Dan was really helpful. It was 10$ and 10 minutes. Thank You!

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