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MJSA Journal December 2008

MJSA Innovation Awards

Mokume a New Way

Designer and mokumé expert Steve Midgett (xpmcorporation.com) of Franklin, North Carolina, didn’t start out looking to revolutionize mokumé gane. He simply wanted to use tantalum, a dark, purplish-gray metal, to contrast with platinum in a laminated-metal project. Tantalum, however, is highly reactive and resists bonding with precious metals...

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Mokume for the Masses
Posted by Steven Adler on March 29, 2008

"So often business and the media use the term “Innovation” to describe a dramatic change in practice. In this instance, the invention is truly innovative. It will change how we produce and market patterned metal jewelry in the 21st century. Steve Midgett and James Binnion, both recognized independently as masters of mokume gane...Read More