Post by 1dave on Aug 22, 2020 15:38:20 GMT -7
Mokume gane translates closely to "wood grain metal" or "wood eye metal",
A Japanese technique for stacking different metals to form a sandwich which is heated until some of the metals Or solder melt and join them. The resulting billet can be sawed into colorful strips and bent various ways to make appealing designs, rings, bracelets, etc.
Mokume-gane (木目金) is a Japanese metalworking procedure which produces a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns, as well as that laminate itself. Mokume-gane translates closely to "wood grain metal" or "wood eye metal" and describes the way metal takes on the appearance of natural wood grain.[1] Mokume gane fuses several layers of differently coloured precious metals together to form a sandwich of alloys called a "billet." The billet is then manipulated in such a way that a pattern resembling wood grain emerges over its surface. Numerous ways of working the mokume gane create diverse pattens. Once the metal has been rolled into a sheet or bar, several techniques are used to produce a range of effects.[2]
Mokume-gane has been used to create many artistic objects. Though the technique was first developed for production of decorative sword fittings, the craft is today mostly used in the production of jewelry and hollowware.[3]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Origins
1.2 The West, 1877-
1.3 20th-21st century development
2 Techniques
2.1 Liquid Phase Fusion (historic)
2.2 Soldering (brazing)
2.3 Solid-state bonding (contemporary)
3 Development of the mokume pattern
4 Coloring
4.1 Niiro patination and rokushō
5 Similar laminates
5.1 See also
6 References
7 External links
A Japanese technique for stacking different metals to form a sandwich which is heated until some of the metals Or solder melt and join them. The resulting billet can be sawed into colorful strips and bent various ways to make appealing designs, rings, bracelets, etc.
Mokume-gane (木目金) is a Japanese metalworking procedure which produces a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns, as well as that laminate itself. Mokume-gane translates closely to "wood grain metal" or "wood eye metal" and describes the way metal takes on the appearance of natural wood grain.[1] Mokume gane fuses several layers of differently coloured precious metals together to form a sandwich of alloys called a "billet." The billet is then manipulated in such a way that a pattern resembling wood grain emerges over its surface. Numerous ways of working the mokume gane create diverse pattens. Once the metal has been rolled into a sheet or bar, several techniques are used to produce a range of effects.[2]
Mokume-gane has been used to create many artistic objects. Though the technique was first developed for production of decorative sword fittings, the craft is today mostly used in the production of jewelry and hollowware.[3]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Origins
1.2 The West, 1877-
1.3 20th-21st century development
2 Techniques
2.1 Liquid Phase Fusion (historic)
2.2 Soldering (brazing)
2.3 Solid-state bonding (contemporary)
3 Development of the mokume pattern
4 Coloring
4.1 Niiro patination and rokushō
5 Similar laminates
5.1 See also
6 References
7 External links