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The Application of Modern Metallurgical Principles And Knowledge to the Manufacture of Mokumé Gane (Wood-Grain Metal) Decorative Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Ian T. Ferguson ,
Brian Derby  and
G. E. Thompson
Ian T. Ferguson
Affiliation:
School of Materials, University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HD, United Kingdom.
Brian Derby
Affiliation:
School of Materials, University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HD, United Kingdom.
G. E. Thompson
Affiliation:
School of Materials, University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HD, United Kingdom.
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Abstract

Mokumé Gane layered metal is a 300-year old decorative metal laminate technique peculiar to the isolated culture of the Japanese Shogunate. Like many complex craft practices handed down through individual experience, the manufacture and development of Mokumé Gane has changed minimally over time. The application of contemporary metallurgical knowledge and solid state bonding techniques such as Hot Press Diffusion Bonding and Hot Roll Bonding provide for further development of Mokumé Gane: bonding success rates are improved, and manufacturing times are reduced. In addition, the range of possible metal combinations is substantially increased; 42 different combinations to date have been successfully bonded, including a new type of Mokumé Gane employing aluminium alloys. This research has allowed a very large increase in the variety of colours, patterns, and visual effects, available to contemporary metalsmiths and jewellers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 852 , 2004 , OO1.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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