Sherman Oberson Translucent mokume gane using alcohol inks version 1 Start with 2-4oz. of translucent clay. Assuming the thickest setting on your pasta machine isnumber 1 roll translucent clay to number 2 make into a rectangle cover with gold or silver leafthen choose alcohol inks in complimentary colors. Make sure they are not colors that will turn tomud. Randomly cover sheet with drops of ink allowing the colors to blend, a little ink goes along way do not over saturate. set aside to dry. Roll out black clay on number 3, roll out 2 sheets of white on a number 4.sandwich the black in the middle of the white. roll the black/white stack on number 2. Put theblack and white stack on top of the inked stack. If the inked stack isn't dry you can blot with apaper towel before stacking. At this point you can choose whether or not to run the whole stackthrough on a 1 or 2. The thinner the stack the more detail you will get when you cut into it but itlooks good even without this step. Trim the stack, cut in half and stack. if the stack is large enough cut in half again and stack. Now disturb the stack by cutting into it, using tools and cutters to press into it etc. compress thestack until it is one piece again. Stick stack to a tile and full take slices.