Limited Mokume

jan montarsi extruded mokumeAnother classic color palette that works really well with mokume is the limited color palette. Limiting the colors to just two or three (and keeping them either analogous or give one a real contrast from the rest) will force you to work with value (how light or dark a color is)  and composition. Too much color can be distracting in your composition and overpower your other other design elements.

In this extruded polymer mokume, Jan Montarsi uses a pink and peach color with white. There is very little contrast in the couple of colors. The colors are analogous, and the most value contrast is with the white, which is not a color at all. This minimal color set forces Jan to work with other elements like the intriguing layering and shapes within his pendant here.

The extruded mokume technique offers a lot of opportunity for the exploratory clayer. If you haven’t worked with it, it’s great fun, it can use up scrap clay if you like and creates a more definite and more controllable pattern. For a tutorial on the extruded mokume method, take a look at Kristie Foss’ nice tutorial here. And for more great mokume and beautiful finishes, have fun roaming Jan’s Flickr pages.

 

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2 Comments

  1. Jan Montarsi on November 25, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    Thanks Sage, for the feature today. Happy Holidays !!



  2. Jo Nortcliff on November 25, 2014 at 12:58 pm

    Reminds me of ice-cream. Very pretty and an interesting technique. I’ve asked for an extruder for Christmas, so will be very excited to try all these ideas.



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