{"id":66,"date":"2008-04-23T15:45:56","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T22:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-jewelry\/66\/"},"modified":"2016-09-22T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T00:05:15","slug":"mokume-gane-polymer-clay-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-jewelry\/66\/","title":{"rendered":"Mokume Gane Polymer Clay Jewelry &#8211; Hard to Say But Easy to Make"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/vid\/101\/90059-P.jpg\" alt=\"Mokume Gane Polymer Clay\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Vid #56: Want to Really Impress Your Friends? Then You&#8217;ll Definitely Want To Master this Cool Jewelry Making Technique:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Pronounced <em>&#8220;moe-koo-may GAHN-ay&#8221;<\/em> &gt;&gt; Mokume-gane originated in<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> the metal sword making<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> industry<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> way back in<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 17th century Japan. It roughly translates to &#8220;wood grain metal&#8221; and the look is often described as having &#8220;wood eye&#8221; or burl characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Polymer clay mokume gane is made by layering several different colors of clay sheets, interspersed with other layers of thin metal leaf or foil. I use the Mona Lisa Brand metal foil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These layers are then punctured with circular objects to create the burl-like patterns which permeate through your block of layered polymer clay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The clay layers are then smoothed together again by rolling with an acrylic rod.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Finally, using a cutting blade (sometimes called a tissue blade), thin layers or cross sections are sliced from the mokume gane block to reveal beautiful designs that can be layered onto round beads, swirly lentils and pendants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can have hours of fun experimenting with different colors of polymer clay; different layer thicknesses in the mokume gane block, different types of metal leaf; and with using different objects for puncturing. 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