Christopher Taylor Timberlake Fine Art Jewelry

Mokumé Gane, meaning wood-grain metal in japanese, is an ancient form of metal-smithing first developed by Japanese sword-smiths who made samurai swords and hilts out of varied alloyed steel. This mokume is composed of sterling silver, copper and brass. The process begins by kiln-fusing 5 alternating layers of the copper and brass together and then, once removed from the kiln, forging them to increase the bond.

This ring was hand-fabricated from silver, nickel, copper and brass sheet metal.  The Mokumé was kiln-fused and then hand etched and carved to create the pattern.  Jet (hard bituminous coal) from Russia was inlaid in a channel in the middle of the ring and is a continuous band around the full circumference of the ring.

Hand-forged from silver and mokume sheet then inlaid with ironstone from Australia and turquoise from the Kingman Mine in Arizona.

This pendant is a geometrically inspired slide. It was forged from mokume gane sheet stock and features a knife-edge marquis chrysocolla cabochon bezel-set in sterling silver.