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Description: | The surface of the leaves demonstrate different techniques of metalwork. Fusing copper and pure silver into a thin laminate produces the mottled surface pattern of the darker leaf. This process is a form of 'mokume gane', which literally translates as 'wood grain metal'. This is an ancient technique first used on the swords of Samurai warriors. Two of the leaves are made up of small pieces of gold wire soldered to silver and the remaining leaf is marked with numerous small indentations. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1989 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Cynthia Cousens | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/se... | Go to resource |
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