Thursday, November 20, 2008

Look what I made!

Inspired by this necklace by the talented chain maille artist Janine, of Athena's Armory, I decided to try my hand at making some chain maille jewelry. Couldn't start with something simple - no - I went straight to the Byzantine Chain, which actually is pretty easy & fun! And didn't take me forever like I thought it would!

Byzantine Chain
Byzantine Chain
Hook Closure
Hook Closure

No, it's not perfect. There are tool marks and not all the links are perfectly round, and it's pretty loose, not all tight like Janine's, but I don't have all the perfect tools and it's my first try! I love it! ^-^

Now, I just need to get some of those fancy peg board thingies for making this stuff... Oh and more fancy wire!
Written by BunnyKissd at 12:24 AM Labels: , ,

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousThursday, November 20, 2008 at 4:00:00 PM EST

    Very nice!!! Is this your first chainmaile project? You did excellent.

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  2. Athena's ArmouryFriday, November 21, 2008 at 1:00:00 PM EST

    You did an excellent job! It looks really great. I'm so happy for you! It is addicting, isn't it? Thank you so much for the kind words, too. =)

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  3. ChelsaeMonday, November 24, 2008 at 5:15:00 PM EST

    Oh, a quickie tip (coming from a metal fabricator) a quickie way to get away with using tools with teeth without getting marks is to cover the tool teeth in electrical tape. Easy, cheap and a good stand in until you can afford non-toothed instruments. :)

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