Pushing Mokume

The texture and color of mokume gane doesn’t necessarily warrant any additional work other than applying it to the chosen form it will adorn. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t push it a bit more.

Ann Dillon works in primarily straight-forward forms to display the texture and color of her surface treatments. But occasionally she add a little bit more.

In this pin, she goes back in and adds scratches and pin points to help define the shapes, add richness, and impart more definite direction in the existing lines. It probably looked nice without the additions but the marks really do make the pin pop.