tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76375233568344969962024-02-07T17:21:06.430-08:00From the BenchKeep up with what is happening with Marilyn! Updates on the latest artistic pieces, tips and suggestions on creative ways of creating and wearing jewelry. Articles of interest, upcoming events, giveaways and so much more! Marilyn R Knopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679871277253241836noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637523356834496996.post-52659175926233976142019-03-26T11:30:00.001-07:002019-03-26T11:41:55.233-07:00Polymer Clay Tutorial Creating Dream Catcher Art Tiles and Coasters Plus...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jeubrd6lqEI" width="480"></iframe>Marilyn R Knopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679871277253241836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637523356834496996.post-53762170809231614312016-04-15T21:10:00.002-07:002016-04-16T11:56:11.057-07:00Tassels are IN!!I love tassels with fashion and jewelry, and this year you are going to see them everywhere. On almost every item you can attach them on! And, recently working with Angela Ballew's Sparkle Sparkle technique which, I love by the way! The results obtained from my created stacks are sooo modernistic with the shapes and coordinating pastels. First I created the earrings but, then I needed a pendant, of course! This reminds me of the Bazaars you'd visit in Turkey and India. But I got my tassel in there, just a tiny one but, I love it.<br />
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Welcome Back! I, your humble guide, am going to take you into the world of Black Ops (operations:). OK . . . OK! This is yet another fun, and creative idea using Mokume Gane tutorial adapted for polymer clay in creating your own one-of-a-kind (OOAK) nightlight covers. <br />
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First, it is assumed that you are knowledgeable in working with polymer clay; all aspects in it's basic uses, and precautions. I have used Angela Ballew's: Sparkle, Sparkle technique for this project. If you are not familiar with it here is the link to create your stack and slices - <a href="http://marilynrknopic.blogspot.com/p/to-do-this-stack-i-used-sculpey-white.html" target="_blank">Sparkle, Sparkle by Angela Ballew</a><br />
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Materials you will need for this project are as follows: acrylic roller, a shot glass, 16 gauge wire (aluminum floral wire works well) wire cutters, needle nose pliers, liquid translucent polymer clay medium, nightlight ( got mine from the dollar tree), tissue blade, exacto knife (optional). I already have slices from her tutorial and I chose this one to work with because, you want quite a bit of translucent clay on the bottom of it to shine through your nightlight cover.<br />
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Then you want to back this slice with a sheet of translucent to stabilize the slice so, that your cover won't break through this process. The final sheet should be approximately an 1/8" inch or, the thickest setting on a pasta machine but, do not run this sheet through the past machine.</div>
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Now, take your shot glass, the reason I have chose this is because, it is the perfect size to make a screen that will fit in front of the nightlight itself. Forgive mine being covered in foil, reason being . . .I cracked it! But, I have eliminated that bug! Square up you sheet a bit. It will need to be about 3.5x3.5" Inches. Lay your sheet over top of the shot glass and trim the top and bottom to the shot glass ( 3" inches ) and angle your sides slightly, again, 3" inches across. yours should look like mine below:</div>
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fitted on shot glass - dusted with baking soda to smooth any imperfections and readied for baking</div>
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Here is my set up for baking: I bake in an aluminum pan with a layer of baking soda that can be reused. I place a sheet of foil under that pan and then over the pan, to avoid scorching the translucent. Bake your piece on top of your shot glass at manufacturers directions for your translucent clay you have used. I bake at 275F degrees for approx. 15-20 mins. Watch yours.</div>
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I check my piece to see if it is firm and then, I turned off my oven and took my tissue blade and lightly lifted the polymer clay piece off the shot glass and plunged it into ice water to stop the action of continually baking the clay. You can, just turn off the oven and let it totally cool down until, you can handle the piece. But, this way I did not break my shot glass! And, was able to get the most from the translucent polymer clay.</div>
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At this point, I lightly sanded with 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper to smooth out the edges, and top of the screen . . . don't want to break it! Use a light touch when doing this step.</div>
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Okay, set your screen you created aside, and let's get our nightlight, 16 gauge wire, needle nose pliers, wire cutters and translucent liquid polymer clay.</div>
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Next take your nightlight from it package and remove the screen (this usually slides off) and remove the bulb from it's socket, as shown below.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From the center of the wire wrap in both directions about 3 wraps then, with your wire cutters take off the excess wire flush with the circle you have created around the socket. Wrap closely together and check to make sure you can easily slide this ring on, and off the bulb socket, as shown below. Then, once you have determined it correctly, remove it from the bulb socket completely, as we will next work with this ring.</span></div>
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Set your nightlight aside and with you screen with its back facing you, take some scrap clay from your sheet and roll it into a 1/2 thick log. Doesn't have to be very long as it is going to be fitted to the back of your screen. Trim any excess clay with an exacto knife or you can use your tissue blade.</div>
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When you have it trimmed and fitted the way you want, carefully remove the ring with the polymer clay attached to it and apply your translucent liquid polymer clay medium to the space when the ring will set. I left a 1/4" inch edge at the bottom of my screen so the screen itself will set just below the bulb socket nicely. When you are satisfied with the fit and wiped any excess around the ring with a paper towel or wet wipe place it back into your pan, cover and bake at manufacturers suggestion . . . I baked at 250F degrees for 35-40 minutes and checked to make sure the liquid went transparent, turned the oven off and let the piece totally cool down.</div>
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Here is the finished piece and placed back upon the bulb socket comfortably. You're done!!!</div>
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Turn it around and adjust the screens fit, and there you have it! TA DA!!!</div>
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***I have also tested putting a coat of Polycrylic and Varathane on the front only of these screens and it works! No overheating, melting, cracking of the finish, and cool to the touch when the light is turned on. These nightlights have been on now for 6-8 hours. So, just a heads up, you can put a finish on them.</div>
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<br />Marilyn R Knopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679871277253241836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637523356834496996.post-41600440406585022262016-03-19T16:18:00.000-07:002016-03-19T22:13:13.463-07:00Busy in the Lab!!! with more Mokume Gane<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hello! I am soooo glad, and little giddy that you found me in the lab once again, working with polymer clay using the Mokume Gane techniques!</span><br />
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cuff bangle bracelet by Marilyn Ray Knopic using the Amber Mokume Gane Technique</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And, if that wasn't enough I want to say, Thank you to all of you, who have allowed me to come into your art studios. I am deeply humbled in all the wonderful responses to this blog, and the over 13,000 visits to these pages in the past 9 months!!! Thank you.</span><br />
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<strong>In the picture above, I applied the silver leaf and alcohol inks of choice (teak, butterscotch,golds and a 'Lil raspberry) then, allow to completely dry. Once dry, I rolled out a thin sheet of translucent polymer clay and laid it on top of the sheet that was inked, then rolled out a sheet of black on the thickest setting and laid that on top of the stack then, ran the entire stack through the pasta machine on the thickest setting. You may cut your stack in half if it is more manageable and make a double stack or just use your single stacks to cut-in your design.</strong><br />
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<strong>** <em>side note: ( the sheet of white has been omitted so the glow clay shows up nicely as, you have the black outlining your design).</em></strong><br />
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Marilyn R Knopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679871277253241836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637523356834496996.post-34294949015562048872015-06-14T11:36:00.000-07:002015-06-14T11:46:40.937-07:00Recent Mokume Gane Stack <script>
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Mokume Gane Technique Adapted for Polymer Clay</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">12. What you want to do with your slices you have taken off your stack is figure out what background color you want to come through when the translucent clay is baked. First thing I do is roll out, like in this case, a sheet of white polymer clay on a medium setting (6) on my pasta machine. Then, I arrange my slices on to that sheet, cover it as much as I can with all my slices. Trim off the excess. I then take me acrylic roller and lightly go over the sheet because I do not want a lot of distortion with added pressure. I just want to even out the slices in order to cut my pendants and earrings from it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">13. As you can see from the images taken above here, I have some very interesting areas I want to capture a few pendants and earrings from. Soooooo . . . let's do it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">14. These are the shapes I am currently working with from templates I created myself and used my "mud" as the medium. Now, you go, do, and be free to create yours!!!! Meet ya' back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> 15. Don't forget to sign your pieces!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">16. Ready to Bake. Follow manufacturers directions for temperature and time. Here is my setup and it has worked excellent from the prior pieces that have been shown here and other network websites. First, I have a temp gauge for interior of oven, second I have foil on the baking rack itself third, 4x4 ceramic tile with parchment paper. I place my pieces on that and then "tent" my pieces, just to add protection to the translucent as it bakes at higher temperatures. Try not to let your pieces over bake as soon as mine are ready, I pull them . . . </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">18. Here are my finished pieces. I have recently went down to a 300 grit wet/dry sandpaper to lightly sand the tops, then graduate to the finer grits - 1200 usually. I buff these on my buffing wheel and apply lastly, a coat of triple thick glaze. Done!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. Place that sheet we just created, lay on top of your dried alcohol inked transparent sheet of polymer clay. Then, put that through the pasta machine on the thickest setting whereas, this is the "compression" in metalsmith terminology of what we are actually doing to the polymer clay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. Once again, your sheet will almost double in size. <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">After which, you can trim the sheet up, cut in half and stack it, making sure your black is always on top. *see image 9.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. This is where you can get out all your cutters, old credit cards, needle nose pliers and create your unique stamp on your polymer clay stack. *use the blunt side of cutters to better drag the colors throughout the stack, same for anything you are going to be using for design purposes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">10. You can, before you begin slicing, lightly use your acrylic roller (any) to compress the stack a bit and that in turn helps hold it to the table. You can also elevate your stack by placing it on scrappy clay as to not dug quite so deep unevenly through the stack . . .there is a video showing exactly how to do this, I'll have find it. Using a sharp tissue blade taking the thinnest slices possible underneath the top sheet, begin slicing through your stack as I have pictured below. Turn your cut slices over to reveal the patterns and colors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">11. Here are my slices from my stack, yours may be very different from mine and that's a good thing. But, the fun isn't over quite yet. We now have to use these slices</span> <span style="font-size: large;">in creating a piece, the magic begins in the baking of the translucent polymer clay with the alcohol inks and don't forget our leafing sheet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Create a stack with the Black on top of the White, set aside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Now, condition a sheet of Translucent polymer clay on the thickest setting or roll again, to 1/8 inch. (I personally, condition my translucent 20+ times until I can smell the plasticizers releasing from within the clay itself then, I know the chemicals in the clay are properly mixed).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. Okay, now carefully, because you know how these leafing sheets can get away from you! And, lay a sheet (gold or silver) I am using silver here. gain carefully lay it on top of the translucent sheet of polymer clay. Here I have just used my acrylic roller to "crackle" the sheet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now grab your alcohol inks! These are a few of Tim Holtz's - Adirondack Ink (don't forget to use your craft store coupons!!!).</span></div>
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5. This is where your creative imagination comes in! Randomly or not, your choice apply drops of ink (I didn't have to squeeze the bottle to obtain a drop on my sheet) you can use as many or as little color as you want. Here I have used Blue, Poppyfield and Teraa Cotta in a random pattern. When you like the colored pattern you have . . . <span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>STOP!</strong></span> Now, you must let these inks dry that usually takes an hour or more. I don't use my heat gun to speed up this process because it degrades the intensity of the inks I have found in other projects with the use of alcohol inks.</div>
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Why am I doing this!? Because there are a few people, and you know who you are that want to know how I am achieving these latest created pieces using translucent polymer clay and alcohol inks so, I am sharing my knowledge gained laboring diligently in my crafty LA-BOR-A-TORY! Just for fun, say that like Dr. Frankenstein after watching his monster high above the castle being electromagnetically shocked and then coming back down, down into the lab and twitching . . . and the doctor saying that famous line, It's Alive!!!!!<br />
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Okay, on with the tutorial!<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">** just a side note - if you have any questions and/or something you aren't understanding, do not hesitate to leave me a comment at the bottom *remember there are no stupid questions as there may be others sitting there at any point in time wondering the same thing but, afraid to ask!</span></strong><br />
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In this tutorial I am assuming, you all have a basic knowledge and understanding of skills in beginning polymer clay. With that said, Let's Begin!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What you will need:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Polymer clay: I have used 3/4 of a 2oz bar of each</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Black</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Translucent</span><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">**</span><span style="font-size: small;"> this can be your choice depending on how much you want to create to be used for your future projects: necklaces, earrings, pendants, also used as an overlay on objects. Also, use the clay you feel you get the best results from, I use Sculpey Translucent. I have used other brands; Kato, Fimo and Premo and I went back to Sculpey because I achieved the best transparency with it but, you use what you feel most comfortable.</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Additional Materials and Tools used:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Pasta Machine (not a necessity)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Acrylic Roller ( or whatever you use for rolling)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Sharp Blade and/or Flexible Blade</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Gold or Silver Leaf Sheets (1 sheet needed)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Cookie Cutters and/or objects to create a design </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">or effect in the clay (specifically for polymer clay)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Acohol Inks (any colors - Tim Holtz, Ranger, etc.)</span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">** </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">if you use regular cookie cutters or any objects to create your patterns in the clay</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;">DO NOT USE</span><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: red;">them again for servicing or eating off of, in association with food or food preparation there afterwards. They will remain dedicated polymer clay tools for use only!!!</span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://marilynrknopic.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tutorial-part-1-mokume-gane-alcohol.html" target="_blank">On to Part 1 of The Tutorial</a></b></span></span></div>
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Marilyn R Knopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679871277253241836noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637523356834496996.post-29897479331209928082015-06-07T12:32:00.004-07:002015-06-11T16:28:40.632-07:00Polymer Clay - Mokume GaneHere are some of my created pendant sets using, what I would call traditional Mokume Gane meaning, the stack and compression of the polymer clay itself by use of manipulating the stack with objects that would create patterns, designs and/or textures to the clay. Then, slicing across the sheet to reveal one's creation! But, what is this all leading up to!? My Tutorial . . . I'm working on it as we speak! <br />
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Marilyn R Knopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679871277253241836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637523356834496996.post-70639925262776248642015-06-07T11:42:00.003-07:002015-06-08T08:51:09.516-07:00Polymer Clay - Mokume Gane with Translucent Clay and Alcohol Inks<script>
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</script><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hello! glad you could join as we explore Mokume Gane as it pertains to Polymer Clay techniques. But, let's go back to how and where it originated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">First made in 17th-century Japan, mokume-gane was used only for swords. As the traditional samurai sword stopped serving as a weapon and became largely a status symbol, a demand arose for elaborate decorative handles and sheaths.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Binnion2002_3-0" style="font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane#cite_note-Binnion2002-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">To meet this demand, Denbei Shoami (1651–1728), a master metalworker from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Akita Prefecture"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Akita</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>prefecture, first came up with the process for creating mokume-gane. He initially called his product<i>guri bori</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for its simplest form's resemblance to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>guri</i>, a type of carved<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacquerwork" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Lacquerwork"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">lacquerwork</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with alternating layers of red and black. Other historical names for it were kasumi-uchi (cloud metal), itame-gane (wood-grain metal), and yosefuki.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Pijanowski2001_4-0" style="font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane#cite_note-Pijanowski2001-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The traditional components were relatively soft metallic elements and alloys (gold, copper, silver,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakud%C5%8D" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Shakudō"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">shakudō</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuichi" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Shibuichi"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">shibuichi</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuromido" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kuromido"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">kuromido</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">) which would form liquid phase<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Diffusion"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">diffusion</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>bonds with one another without completely melting. This was useful in the traditional techniques of fusing and soldering the layers together.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Binnion2002_3-1" style="font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane#cite_note-Binnion2002-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Over time, the practice of making mokume-gane faded. The katana industry dried up in the late 1800s when the traditional caste system dissolved and people were no longer able to carry their swords in public. The few metalsmiths who practiced in mokume transferred their skills to create other objects.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Andrew_2-1" style="font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane#cite_note-Andrew-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">By the twentieth century, mokume-gane was almost entirely unknown. Japan’s movement away from traditional craftwork, paired with the great difficulty of mastering the mokume-gane art had brought mokume artisans to the brink of extinction. It reached a point where only scholars and collectors of metalwork were aware of the technique.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Binnion2002_3-2" style="font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane#cite_note-Binnion2002-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was not until the 1970s, when Eugene Michael Pijanowski and Hiroko Sato Pijanowski brought mokume works to the United States, that the artform re-emerged in the public eye. Today, jewelry, flatware, hollowware, and other artistic objects are made using this technique.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Andrew_2-2" style="font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane#cite_note-Andrew-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Modern processes are highly controlled and include a compressive force on the billet. This has allowed the technique to include many nontraditional components such as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Titanium"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">titanium</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">,</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Platinum"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">platinum</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Iron"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">iron</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bronze"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">bronze</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Brass"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">brass</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nickel silver"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">nickel silver</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">, and various colors of karat<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Gold"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">gold</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>including yellow, white, sage, and rose hues as well as sterling silver.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Binnion2002_3-3" style="font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane#cite_note-Binnion2002-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It's been thrilling, and I have met a lot of wonderful people along the way. I continually learn and believe educating oneself is the essence to unlocking more and more of the creative imagination that comes from within each and every one of us. Expressing myself creatively through art, whatever form that may take, is important to my well-being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">These are "snippets" into the "WHY" I am an artist and do the things I do in life. I hope you will walk with me on this adventure, whilest enjoying the images of unique, whimsical at times . . . jewelry I design and create . . . for you!</span></div>
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I have come to a point in my life where I want to refine myself, to even the point where I want to be known with a symbol. I chose one to represent myself, the zodiacal symbol of my birth sign, Taurus and this goes on all my artistry. . . kinda' like the artist formerly known as "Prince." Simple, I want to be more simplistic even with all the complexities of being me, Marilyn. Does that make sense?<br />
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