Monday, October 5, 2009

Inspiration Post #1

This is a collection of 'stuff' I found. I'm going to call it inspiration. Most of this is mokume gane, which I find amazingly interesting and unique. It's the practice of mixing, for lack of a better word, multiple types of metal together to create a woodgrain-esque appearance. I really enjoy it. I think it's amazing to make our own material because so often we just use something prefabricated or natural and never really work the material to be our own. I enjoy the organic aspects of the patterns and flow and juxtaposition with the inorganic metal.


Here are some photos and links.










artmetalsjewelry.com

mokume.com





No comments:

Post a Comment