{"id":7623,"date":"2014-03-18T14:39:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T22:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/?p=7623"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:36:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:36:22","slug":"mokume-gane-twist-and-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/18\/mokume-gane-twist-and-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Mokume-Gane &#8220;Twist and Shape&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a variation on the &#8220;Twist and Slice&#8221; project from my <a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/16\/mokume-gane-free-project-for-beginners-twist-and-slice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last blog posting<\/a>. The materials are the same: Friendly Bronze, Friendly Copper, and Pearl Grey Steel <em>XT<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After layering and twisting the stack, turn the stack on its side. Pick a shape cutter and place the stack inside it. Press the stack hard into the cutter, with your finger or with a blunt tool. Turn the cutter over and press again from the other side.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7624\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/15-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"Press, turn, press\" title=\"Press, turn, press\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7624\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/15-300x262.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/15.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Release the stack from the cutter and half-dry it by flipping it over and over on top of a heating pan.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7625\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/16-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Release\" title=\"Release\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7625\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/16-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/16.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Slice it in half sideways, as in the project &#8220;Twist and Slice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7626\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/06-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Slice\" title=\"Slice\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7626\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/06-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/06.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Instead of pressing the stack into a shape cutter, you can free-form it with your hand or with the help of slats or sticks.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7627\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/05-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"Free-form\" title=\"Free-form\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/05-300x257.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/05.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stick an eyelet or embeddable at the top of each earring. To see other ways of creating the holes for the ear wires see my book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/store.artinsilver.com\/cosomeclpr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metal Clay Practice<\/a><\/em>, p. 39.<\/p>\n<p>Fire the earrings in carbon for two hours at 1510\u00b0F\/821\u00b0C (brick kiln); 1560\u00b0F\/848\u00b0C (muffle kiln).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7628\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-011.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-011-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"Earrings\" title=\"Earrings\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7628\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-011-300x255.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-011.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7629\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-021-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"Earrings\" title=\"Earrings\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7629\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-021-265x300.jpg 265w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-021.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next up: How to do this with silver and copper and how to do it with silver and steel:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7630\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-Copper-and-silver.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-Copper-and-silver-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"Copper and silver\" title=\"Sopper and silver\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7630\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-Copper-and-silver-262x300.jpg 262w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-Copper-and-silver.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7631\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-Veins-with-silver-and-steel-with-shadow.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-Veins-with-silver-and-steel-with-shadow-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"Silver and steel\" title=\"Silver and steel\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7631\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-Veins-with-silver-and-steel-with-shadow-300x262.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/t-Veins-with-silver-and-steel-with-shadow.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And of course, something to help you Twist and Shape:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iS0wuN_6wyw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a variation on the &#8220;Twist and Slice&#8221; project from my last blog posting. The materials are the same: Friendly Bronze, Friendly Copper, and Pearl Grey Steel XT. After layering and twisting the stack, turn the stack on its side. Pick a shape cutter and place the stack inside it. Press the stack hard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7623"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9356,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7623\/revisions\/9356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}