Valentines Day & The Secret Project

[vandy]

I have been working on The Secret Project for a while now, and finished it about a week ago. I didn't get it done in time for Christmas, or New years, so Hank got a really spiffy Valentines Day Present.

This is the first bit of mokume gane I have made, and it was actually a joint project between dad and I. He had never done any mokume before either, so I went out and bought a book on it, and decided to start with sterling and nickel silver rather than jump in and mess up with something *really* expensive like gold. We were also constrained to silvery colored metals since that is what H usually likes. The process was pretty neat, and H got me a rolling mill for Christmas, which made things go a lot more quickly. I am definitely going to try some more of this, I just need the time to get to it. And I have some of the billet left to play with, which will be fun. I will post some process pics later.

Comments

[aelfgyfu.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. Re-read what you wrote. He has books plural? I just have one, so if he has anything I don't have I would love to look at it/them... I think the one I have is Mokume gane in the Small Shop or something like that.

[monkeybung.livejournal.com]

Will look at book(s) and let you know. I'm pretty sure there's more than one.

[aelfgyfu.livejournal.com]

Thank you!