Anne Wolf | Baldwin's Continuum

Artist:  Anne Wolf

Materials: Sterling silver, fine silver, copper, 18k trigold

Dimensions: 5.5" x 2" x 2.25"

Origin of featured materials: The central cup is mokume-gane fused and patterned by Phillip Baldwin. The other mokume-gane was fused by Baldwin, Earl Bushey, Mike Sakmar, and myself, and patterned by me.

Story behind the piece: A 3" x 3" piece of Philip Baldwin's 'ladder' pattern mokume-gane came into my possession right around the time of his passing. This pattern is a technical marvel in that it is patterned on both sides. As soon as I saw it I wanted to make a sake cup with it, because I knew the pattern would distort beautifully as it was formed. In my mind the sake cup is for him, but also represents the huge contributions he made to the metals field generally and mokume gane specifically.

Artist Bio: Anne Wolf earned her MFA in Jewelry/Metals at San Diego State University in 1999, and has been teaching since 2003. Wolf has been a presenter for SNAG and taught at many schools across the US. Her mokume gane metalwork is in the permanent collection at the Metals Museum in Memphis, Tennessee and was awarded a Bronze First seat by the NBSK in Japan. Wolf studied under Japanese metalwork masters such as Ford Hallam, Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski, and James Binnion.

This piece is part of, From Wave to Shining Wave: a Celebration of Phil Baldwin and Shining Wave Metals Baldwin. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Seattle Metals Guild. 5% of sales will be donated to help fund an endowment at Pendland in Phillip Baldwin’s name. Learn more HERE. All work will remain on exhibit through July 20, 2025.

📂 [View the entire collection HERE ]

ℹ️ [Learn more about the exhibition HERE]