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Recent Posts Tagged With 'chain maille'
Cross Pendant Tutorials- From wire work to beaded tatting
Ecclesiastical Inspirations Part 1 of 2 Cross pendants make beautiful and meaningful accents to necklaces. I've usually bought them before but I'd like to make my own in the future. So I went looking for the best free tutorials to inspire. Bear in m...
A marriage between chain maille and stringing
Carol is a regular at our workshops and has grown fond of chain maille ever since she was introduced to it. She shows a refreshing flair for her favorite technique. She decided to marry chain maille with conventional stringing. She linked the simple...
LitterSF's Hip Chain Jewelry
Magazine SuccessPart 1 of 2As many of you know, I like to design chain maille jewelry. However what I do pales in comparison to the innovative, one of a kind hip chain jewelry creations by LitterSF, an online store based in San Francisco. It was open...
Making a chain maille ring
I don't know why it is but Kelley is not the first beginner chain maille to really, really want to do a ring. It is difficult to learn with small rings but not impossible. In the end, she just made up her own design which I thought was rather fun an...
Chain Maille Key Chain Charms
Still finding it difficult to come up with a Father's Day gift? It's frustrating to be a jewelry artisan and the men you know and love just don't wear any. You can blame Beau Brummel, the 18th century metrosexual who set what men should and shouldn't...
Little Colored Beads Go A Long Way
Jillian likes color and smaller scaled beaded jewelry. These are two of her designs where she demonstrated both traits.The first one is a simple 2-in-2 chain maille bracelet - her very first attempt at this discipline. Note how she mixed green, purpl...
Full Persian Chain Maille Tutorial
Chain maille is a lot of fun once you get going. However, the beginning is the biggest hurdle. So here is the Full Persian tutorial to learn how to make some great jewelry. All you need are two wire ties besides your tools and rings.I really do not r...
