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Artist Statement:
Steve Midgett is
internationally recognized as a leading authority on mokume
gane. His fascination with this technique spans three
decades and 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
Corporation which now manufactures and promotes the use of
extrusion patterned metals. |
Artist's
Website:http://www.mokume.com
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