• Anne is a master of the traditional Japanese mokume gane technique
• Stacked layers of metal are hammered and chiselled until patterns are revealed in her work
• She teaches workshops and takes commissions for custom wedding bands

Anne Wolf saw pottery thrown on a wheel for the first time when she was 14 years old. “I found it completely mesmersing that you could manipulate material and create something durable and useful,” she says. Later, as she studied for a ceramics degree, a course in metalwork sent Anne in a new direction. In 2007 she discovered the Japanese technique of mokume gane, which creates patterned metal. “It was magical,” she says. Now, as Anne chisels through layers of metal to create cups, sculptures and jewellery pieces, she is reminded of how natural forces alter landscapes over time. “The patterns, and even the way I form them, are related to geological processes such as uplift and erosion,” she says. For Anne, working with silver and other metals is akin to working with ceramics, in that the outcome is the result of a partnership between maker and material. Her pieces have been exhibited in Japan and around the world.