Mokume gane: a comprehensive study
"Mokume gane is a traditional Japanese metalsmithing technique by which sheets of different metals - generally copper, silver, gold, and alloys of those - are stacked and welded together. This results in a piece of metal that displays a woodgrain-like pattern that shows the different metals' colors. This book focuses on the different techniques to make mokume gane. It addresses the 2 usual methods, liquid and solid bonding, and also deals with more complex and high tech methods. One of the best…
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- Full title :Mokume gane : a comprehensive study / by Steve Midgett.
Summary
"Mokume gane is a traditional Japanese metalsmithing technique by which sheets of different metals - generally copper, silver, gold, and alloys of those - are stacked and welded together. This results in a piece of metal that displays a woodgrain-like pattern that shows the different metals' colors. This book focuses on the different techniques to make mokume gane. It addresses the 2 usual methods, liquid and solid bonding, and also deals with more complex and high tech methods. One of the best feature is an entire chapter on a great low cost method. Not only does it address the methods to make the raw billets, it also talks about each technique that can be used to reveal the internal pattern."--Amazon
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- Publication Date:©2000.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Earthshine Press
- Place of Publication:Franklin, NC
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2000.
The Physical Object
- Description:v, 157 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 29 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0965165078, 9780965165075
- oclc:ocm45119486
- LC Classification:TT205
- Dewey Decimal:739
Table of Contents
The history of mokume gane -- Mokume gane basics -- Metals for mokume: alloying your own metal -- Metallurgical theory for mokume gane -- Tools and equipment -- Preparing the billet -- Firing methods. Making a mokume mini kiln ; Firing in the mini kiln ; Forge fired mokume gane / Robert Coogan ; Electric kiln fired mokume / James Binnion ; Solder bonded mokume / Alistair McCallum ; Soldered wire mokume -- From billet to sheet -- Patterning -- Finishing techniques -- The gallery -- Project demonstrations -- Trouble shooting guide -- Metals characteristics charts -- Firing log.
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