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Materials: Hand fabricated bracelet from sterling with patina, 22K, 18K, & 14K colored golds, mokume gane, faceted oval yellow beryl, blue and white round diamonds.
Dimensions: 1"H x 6"W x 3"D

Custom mosaic bracelet with lemon beryl,colored
diamonds and mokume gane.

Photo credit: John Fullerton

Lynda Adrienne Bahr
Fullerton & Bahr
San Gregorio, CA. USA

I have always been inspired by the beauty of the natural patterns found in nature. This provides a limitless palette for an artist to draw from. The combination of those textures and colors in conjunction with the architectural structure is what I feels makes my work unique.

There are two techniques I use that are the basis for the mosaic patterning. They are mokume gane and roller printing. Mokume gane is the more difficult of the two. It involves forming a multilayered billet of colored golds, silver and shakudo.The billet is fired in an electric kiln till the multiple layers of metal form a diffusion bond. This bond makes the layers atomically function as one piece of metal. The billet is carved and reduced in a rolling mill till the desired patterning is achieved.

I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in 1977 and pursued further studies at Hornsey College of Art in London, England.


Materials: Hand fabricated bracelet from sterling with patina, 22K, 18K, & 14K colored golds, mokume gane, faceted oval yellow beryl, blue and white round diamonds.
Dimensions: 1"H x 6"W x 3"D

Custom mosaic bracelet with lemon beryl,colored
diamonds and mokume gane.

Photo credit: John Fullerton

Lynda Adrienne Bahr
Fullerton & Bahr
San Gregorio, CA. USA

I have always been inspired by the beauty of the natural patterns found in nature. This provides a limitless palette for an artist to draw from. The combination of those textures and colors in conjunction with the architectural structure is what I feels makes my work unique.

There are two techniques I use that are the basis for the mosaic patterning. They are mokume gane and roller printing. Mokume gane is the more difficult of the two. It involves forming a multilayered billet of colored golds, silver and shakudo.The billet is fired in an electric kiln till the multiple layers of metal form a diffusion bond. This bond makes the layers atomically function as one piece of metal. The billet is carved and reduced in a rolling mill till the desired patterning is achieved.

I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in 1977 and pursued further studies at Hornsey College of Art in London, England.


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