Experimental aluminium Mokume Gane sample 321

Made:
1998
Experimental aluminium Mokume Gane sample

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Experimental aluminium Mokume Gane sample
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Experimental aluminium Mokume Gane sample. Mokume Gane was developed 300 years ago and the term comes from traditional sword-making techniques and refers to the patterns forged into the sword blades.The technique is difficult and laborious and as a result examples are relatively rare. The technique is such that each piece is unique. This example was made by Ian Ferguson in 1998.8.

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Category:
Metallurgy
Object Number:
2001-82
type:
sample, aluminium and mokume-gane
credit:
Ferguson, Dr. Ian