Nidhogg Chainmaille Bracelets

Here are two versions of the Nidhogg chainmaille weave. There are two main differences: for one bracelet I used only red rose rings, and for the other, red rose and pink. Also the small rings were woven differently (inside vs. outside).

I love this weave, it's fun and make some beautiful bracelets.

Chainmaille and Wire Wrapped Jewelry I Made Since October 2015 Until December 2015

I've neglected this blog for the last couple of months, so it's high time to bring an update with what I've been working on since the latest jewelry piece I showed here, the Lunar Moth.

I've been working mostly with BA (bright aluminum) and copper rings and learning new chainmaille weaves.

The first one is called Vertebrae, a lovely bracelet made with bight aluminum and dark rose anodized aluminum rings.

The next pieces are Maillestrom pendants using BA and copper rings as well as BA and the same dark rose rings I showed in the bracelet above. They're small and very sweet.

Next comes Oops! Yes, that's what the chainmaille weave is called. BA and copper rings.

Next follows my first keychain using a weave called Nereid. Quite stiff this one.

Finally I've learned the initially elusive, but eventually very easy Aragon weave, playing with the colors a bit.

Flat box is a fun variation of the regular box chain, which really sits flat on the wrist. Another easy eave to learn and make.

Because by now the time was nearing Christmas, I made a snowflake pendant, which I hung on the Christmas tree as a decoration.

Next, I did a bit of wire wrapping because I sort of missed it. Here are two pendants I made last December.

I got in a Christmas swap and made and sent my partner, Judit, these three things: a dragonsteps bracelet, a Japanese Christmas tree ornament and the lovely Phaedra pendant with an amber Swarovsk crystal. I hope she liked them.

Lunar Moth Chainmaille Bracelet

I love this design from Blue Buddha Boutique. It's called Lunar Moth and it's basically a variation of the butterfly weave with different (and much larger) rings.

This bracelet is made with bright aluminum rings and it's very light to wear, I can hardly feel it on the wrist.

Mosaic Chainmaille Bracelet

I have some jewelry that I never photographed before, so I'm doing it now along with adding them to my Dawanda store.

Here is a sterling silver mosaic bracelet using a variation on the European 4 in 1 weave.

Back To Work Bronze Bracelet - Sort Of

About a week ago I ordered from Beadsisters in the UK a kit for a bracelet weave called Clockwork. The rings were bronze and bright aluminum. The kit arrived and I made the bracelet within the day. It was very easy to do and fun as well. Here is what it looks like on my wrist:

Once I made it, I figured I would re-create it in sterling silver and bronze (personally I don't like aluminum except for learning a weave, plus I had a request from someone to make it using sterling silver). I cut my rings based on the specifications in the kit and got to work.

To my major surprise nothing matched, the bracelet was a bust. It turns out that since the weave creator didn't mention the type of wire gauge (AWG or SWG), I automatically assumed one of the two and of course, it was not that. Even worse, sterling silver has a different thickness compared to say bronze, so the same gauge (e.g. 18 gauge) is not the same in the two wire materials.

Sadly also mixing sterling with bronze won't work either, because the sizes simply don't match (AWG 18 gauge is not the same with SWG 16 gauge(. So here I am with a bunch of cut jumprings (some sterling silver too, which are not cheap, mind you) and can't make the bracelet again - not unless I use same color rings - which would really detract from the beauty of the wave, since it's really gorgeous in two colors, right?

Having all these jumprings in my stash, I did what some people in the chain maille group called 'lemonade from sour lemons'. I made a new bracelet, which apparently is called Back to Work (I did it from the image of an existing bracelet, not from a tutorial, before I found out what its name is).

So here is my today's lemonade...Back To Work bracelet in bronze. It's really light and fun to wear. I'll make it again, next time in sterling silver.

Full Persian Chain Maille Bracelet

I miss chain maille, haven't done it in several months, so when my fingers started to itch for picking up the pliers and rings, I gave in. And here is the result, a Full Persian bracelet with bright aluminum rings ordered a long time ago from The Ring Lord. I might make another one in sterling silver, but with smaller rings, to be more feminine so to speak. I find the Full Persian weave quite chunky and more for guys than gals.

So here are a few photos of what I made 2 days ago.

My Jewelry In A Dawanda Adsense Ad

Looks like Dawanda started to heavily advertise in PPC (pay per click) through Google Adsense. I was just browsing one of my favorite book sites Goodreads to write a review for a book that I've just finished reading, when my eyes caught an ad on the right side of the screen for Dawanda. The screen changed a few times with new products and then I saw one of my chain maille bracelet, yay!

From all the many thousands of products listed there (Dawanda is the European version of Etsy, a bit smaller, but evergrowing), mine was spotlighted. I had to capture a screenshot to keep it and frame it (lol).

Click on the image to see the full view.