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- xinix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The page is by one of the pioneers of the modern revival of the technique. He was there when it was first being taught in the U.S. And has played a part in the development of modern methods.
Blueice03: one could say that it is coming back in popularity. There are more people who know how to make the metal today than there have been in its entire history. It was something that was passed down from master to apprentice. So, the flow of information was slow. Now it has been taken out of that context and put into one where many people learn it and pass it on to more than just one person. - xinix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, polymer clay, There is no reason people should try to pass that off as real mokume. I make Mokume gane and the polymer clay stuff is nowhere near the same. It's like painting concrete to look like marble and calling it marble. It may look similar but in the end it's just an imitation.
- godmode, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0isnt this similar to the katana technique where they fold in metal several times giving it similar patterns.
- blueice03, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That is truly beautiful. An amazing technique (although a potentially expensive one) that would be cool if it came back a bit in popularity.
- Restrikted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow that is cool.
- Kakkun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Mokume means wood markings in japanese
- HiddenForce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It looks like real-life versions of the ray-traced procedural marble texture of 10 years ago with the scale set too small. Amazing technique -- especially the teapot!
- Jber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My wedding rings are made from mokume using copper, platinum and gold, with some silver. Its a friend of the family who learned how to do it, and hasbeen ever since, they were appraised at 4500 for the pair... and had to be sent off to someone who knew the product to get appraised anyways.
- tjic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0People also do this with polymer clay.
- L30w, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is simply beautiful!
- whoawhoa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That teapot is pretty slick.
- diggmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Beautiful! some of it has a wood-like texture. Very cool.
- tjic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0err..."...with polymer clay".
http://technicalvideorental.com/rental_41.html#s174 - Psydad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That is some beautiful work. I give it a Digg
- kalessin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1riiiight. fake a whole technique and teach classes about how to not make the very ***** youre teaching them to do.
douche bag. - chillsk8er, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0that teapot is totally fake and the rings are at least photoshopped for blur and other effects if not also fake. not that i'm doubting this technique exists or that this dude can do it.... i'm just saying that that picture of a teapot is definately not real.
- chillsk8er, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0thanks for reading any of the last two sentences I typed.
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