Michael Daniels Mokume Gane
A Mystery from the Past Becomes and Art of Today

In October 2000, Micael Parrish and Daniel Jenkins, Northern California Goldsmiths who have been business partners for years, founded Michael Daniels Collection.

Mokume gane is the art of fusing layers of precious metals to form a single piece with unique markings (Mokume in Japanese means wood-grain; gane means metal). It was first delelope in feudal Japan by a Seventeenth Century mastersmith, Denbei Shoami, who used Mokume in decorative elements for Japanese swords.

MD goldsmiths have developed a proprietary combination of heat, pressure, forgin, and carving to produce the bold MD patterns, using four colors of 18-karat gold and their own gold allow, Snow Gold ™, which produces the bright layers..

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