Twist & Burr

Greetings Students!

Thank you for taking our class online! This page provides all of the links and videos from the class. Enjoy and let us know if you have questions.

Links shared in class:

Visit San Diego Jewelry Lab for links to our free online Zoom gatherings and our resource-packed Padlet (all free): sandiegojewelrylab.weebly.com

AMAZING learning opportunities in the UK:
westdean.ac.uk (England) and gartmorehouse.com (Scotland).

Student Instagram links:

Vikki: instagram.com/vtchen2015
Annette: Website: 3rdbenchstudio.com | instagram.com/3rdbenchstudiotucson
Leigh: instagram.com/Lillyperkinsstudios/
Valerie: instagram.com/conerwayvalerie
Yoko: instagram.com/yokorover
Mark: thesilverroom.com.au/ | instagram.com/thesilverroom01

Recommended Sources

Hand Vise: micromark.com/Super-Hand-Vise
Piano wire: K&S Precision Metals
Nicholson file: most hardware stores.
Planishing/forging hammer: Contenti.com
Renaissance wax and No Name Patina, and Baldwin’s Patina: Reactivemetals.com
Mokume gane rod - copper/brass 6mm is most affordable. watch out for the larger dimensions, you'll need a large wire rolling mill to roll it down to 6 or 5mm for most applications: Reactivemetals.com

Purchased from Rio Grande:

  • Sanding discs: Item#337228

  • Mandrel for Sanding discs: Item#333128

  • 400 polishing paper: Item#337301

  • Liver of sulfur : Item#331033

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Thank you!

Keep your mokume mojo going! Mark your calendar for our free Sawing Circle!

Connect to the World of Mokume

Why you don’t want a copper and silver mokume gane ring.
mokume-gane.com/2015/07/06/why-you-dont-want-a-copper-and-silver-mokume-gane-ring/

Facebook Groups (ask on Facebook to join)
Mokume Gane group for all
Mokume Gane

Mokume masters
Norio Tamagawa: gyokusendo.com
Steve Midgett: mokume.com
Francesca Urciuoli - francesca.u.jewellery
James Binnion - @james_binnion_metal_arts
Chris Ploof - @chris_ploof_designs
Eric Burris - @mokumeganeworkshops
Ryuhei Sako - @ryhuheisako
Artur Skrocki - @skrockyjewellery
Susa Makoto - @susamakoto1975
Joe Davy - @instagram.com/joedavy_maker/A
Anni Kagovere - @annikagoveremetalwork
Laminated Metal Tech - @lmtpatternedmetals
Osukchun - instagram.com/ohseokcheon
Chiaki Aikawa - @chiaki_aikawa
Christopher Sklba - @christophersklba
Arn Krebs - @arnkrebs
Ponk Smithi - @ponksmithi
Birgit Doesborg - @doesdesign_nl

Books & Papers

Textbook of Mokume Gane by Masaki Takahashi (look for English version on Amazon)
Chris Ploof and James Binion’s paper: santafesymposium.org/2016-santa-fe-symposium-papers/2016-mokume-gane-history-and-how-to-a-survey-of-technique
Shared by Dale for our bead-curious folks: Doming Silver Beads: Step-By-Step Instructions for Making Your Own Silver Beads by Nancy M. Howland