The technique was invented in the late 1980s by Charles Lewton-Brain, an English-born goldsmith who lived and studied in Tanzania, the United States, and Germany before moving to Canada.
Tehniku je u kasnim 1980-tim godinama osmislio Charles Lewton-Brain, engleski zlatar koji je živio i studirao u Tanzaniji, SAD-u, te Njemačkoj, nakon čega je otišao u Kanadu.