Fabricate & Patinate Mokume Gane
Fabricating & Patinating Mokume Gane
Instructor: Anne Wolf
March 3-5, Monday - Wednesday, three days, 10:00 - 5:00
Class Fee: $640 | Materials Kit Fee: $50 (payable to the instructor)
Class Limit: 8
Prerequisites: Intermediate/advanced metalsmiths (experience soldering recommended).
Class Description:
Working with mokume gane can be intimidating for even advanced metalsmiths. Can it be soldered? Forged? Sanded? What kind of patina should be used? Is etching always possible, or does it depend on the metals involved? All these questions and more will be answered here, as participants use pre-patterned mokume to create individual finished projects. Bring your own patterned mokume from previous classes or buy some authentic Phillip Baldwin mokume in class (courtesy of Layne Goldsmith/Danaca Design). Detailed demos will show recommended soldering, forming, finishing, and patina techniques for mokume gane of all types, from base metal to precious metal. Depending on skill level and interest, participants can create a box, sake cup, pendant, or work of their own design. The last day will include a thorough demonstration and chance to try the rare Japanese rokusho patina. There will be comprehensive handouts on everything covered.
This class is perfect for those Seattle Metals Guild folks wanting to create a piece with their own Phillip Baldwin mokume to be included in the "From Wave to Shining Wave" tribute exhibition, but it is also open to all intermediate/advanced metalsmiths (experience soldering recommended).
Materials KITS INCLUDE ($50/ student (payable to the instructor)):
- Copper or brass sheet for box and/or practice sake cup
- Sample sizes of Baldwin's patina, Renaissance wax, Rokusho patina and cupric sulfate
- Sanding/finishing papers
- Mandrel
- Sanding discs
Students MUST Bring:
- Patterned mokume sheet: (Patterned mokue can be purchased in the studio store or pattern your own in the class just prior to this one!)
- If you'd like to make a sake cup, you'll need a 3"x3", 18-20 gauge.
- For a box lid, bring a 2" x 2" 18-20 gauge
- For a pendant or other jewelry, at least a 1" x 2", 20-24 gauge.
- Optional sterling silver sheet for box - 1" x 6" side wall and 2"x2" bottom, 20 gauge.
- Optional silver for those making jewelry - 4" 14 gauge square wire, 16g round wire for jumprings, 20 gauge sterling wire for earwires
- Hard, medium and easy silver solder
- Sawblades for 18-24 gauge sheet
- Your favorite smaller tools
- For the more advanced - if you have a special project in mind, bring SKETCHES please, and whatever materials you think you may need.
Instructor Bio:
Anne Wolf earned her MFA in Jewelry/Metals at San Diego State University in 1999. Based in San Diego, California, Wolf has been teaching online and in-person jewelry/metals courses and workshops since 2003. Her mokume gane metalwork is in the permanent collection at the Metals Museum and has been shown across the U.S. and internationally in Germany and Japan. Wolf studied under Japanese metalwork masters such as Ford Hallam, Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski, and James Binnion.
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Tools are available to purchase through Danaca Design Studio with 15% student discount code. Shop tools HERE. If you don’t see what you need please email us, dana@danacadesign.com.
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All students must fill out and electronically submit the Danaca Design Studio Safety Protocol and Waiver form before attending class.