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James Binnion has led a dual life for the past 30 years. On the one hand he is recognized as one of the art metal community’s most gifted designers, and on the other, a respected engineer and innovator in the technical metals field. Jim has drawn heavily on these two aspects of himself and become one of the world’s foremost authorities on patterned metals, and the science of jewelry making.
He has taught numerous classes on metalsmithing and goldsmithing throughout the US as well as workshops on the techniques he has developed for mokume gane. Jim has written and presented a number of technical papers at The Santa Fe Symposium on Jewelry Manufacturing Technology. He wrote a chapter describing the use of the electric kiln in making mokume gane in Steve Midgett’s book, “Mokume Gane A Comprehensive Study”, a technique which has become standard in the world of mokume. Jim has been featured and interviewed in a number of articles in various jewelry industry publications and has participated in numerous gallery and museum shows across the US. His background includes 9 years as an electronics technician in the United States Navy Submarine Service and 13 years as an electronics engineer with SRI International, responsible for designing and constructing scientific research instrumentation. Jim is Vice President and co-founder of XPM |
