Explore the Japanese art of patterning metal laminates and create
uniquely beautiful jewellery designs.
Mokume Gane or ‘wood grain metal’ is a style of manufacturing which dates back from feudal Japan.
This technique enables you to create different styles every time you create a piece
The process of producing Mokume Gane is time consuming and only few have adopted this lengthy
process as this entails dealing with potential failures inherent to it. Since there are a few suppliers of
ready-bonded stock gauge, Chemgold makes it easy for you by offering specific alloy combinations
ready for you to pattern and process into beautiful jewellery designs.
All Chemgold Mokume Gane square wires are manufactured from diffusion bonded 17 sheet billets. After bonding, the billets are hot forged and drawn/rolled to size.
There are numerous patterns possible from Mokume Gane stock gauge, the majority of which are generated by twisting and manipulating the wire, and then a combination of rolling and removing metal to expose layers and reveal the pattern. While this produces very popular patterns to use for rings, it is also very unique in terms of manufacturing.
The number of twists done to the wire and the depth of the cut necessary to achieve a pattern will be dependent on how many repeats of the pattern are required, the size of the ring and also the height of the ring. Matching the pattern where it joins can be difficult as well. Different sizes and heights require their own patterning schedule.
| Product code | Metal Combination |
|---|---|
| M12 | 18Y/STERLING SILVER |
| M14 | 14W/STERLING SILVER |
| M15 | 18Y/14W/STERLING SILVER |
| M16 | 14R/14W/STERLING SILVER |
| M17 | 18Y/14R/STERLING SILVER |
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