Mokume Gane is a traditional Japanese patterning technique that means “wood-grain metal”. The process involves layering sheets of metal and applying heat and pressure which causes the layers to fuse rather than melt. Forging, twisting, cutting, or otherwise manipulating the layered material can produce many different organic patterns. The end result is the unique and distinctive layered pattern in the metal that mimics the grains of wood. Each mokume gane ring features unique patterns, like the banding of a tree.