Steve Midgett is internationally recognized as a leading authority on mokume gane.  His fascination with this technique spans three decades and his company, Earthshine Mokume Inc, has specialized in mokume jewelry since 1989. A JCK Rising Star Designer, Niche Award and two time American Vision Award winner, Steve presents numerous lectures and workshops on mokume gane across the country. His work has been featured in many magazines including, JCK, National Jeweler, Colored Stone, Lapidary Journal, Ornament, and AJM among others and also in many contemporary jewelry books.  He is the author of the 1995 book and instructional video Mokume Gane in the Small Shop, and also, Mokume Gane: A Comprehensive Study, published in 2000. Since that time the book has been translated into German, Russian, and Japanese.  In 2002 Steve was invited by the Tokyo University of Art to lecture and teach a workshop on technical improvements to the ancient Japanese art of mokume gane that he and others have developed in the west. In recent years, his exploration and research into alternative metals and bonding techniques led to the development of extrusion patterned metals.  He is President and co-founder of XPM.