#chain maille

I made this bracelet for myself and I wear it 24/7. I skate, drum, work, shower, swim, sleep, and everything else in it. I made this silky beauty from super thin 22 gauge Stainless Steel wire. It’s a Euro 4-in-1 pattern that I’ve finished with slightly smaller rings on the edges to crisp up the the look and feel of this ancient pattern. As I am want to do lately I also welded every link closed as a assembled it! The closure on this bracelet is special as well. What I’ve done is diminished the pattern down to a opposite points on both ends and then built in slightly larger rings where the decrease starts on each. This way, the two clasps can reach back to connect to the other end which positions the break in the chain diagonally, and touching, so that it mostly disappears. I think this is SUPER COOL and I can’t believe it took me 20 years to try it, haha!

I made this custom 14K gold necklace for a wonderful client of mine named Marcel! It’s a micro-maille Byzantine chain for this beautiful jade pendent he wanted to keep close. To make it I started with raw wire and wrapped, cut, assembled, and welded each solid gold link. I made it using 22 gauge yellow gold wire and a matching yellow gold lobster clasp. On a parallel note, I have been working on my photos, but I must say that no photo can convey the certain special physical feeling of a handmade gold chain. I honestly didn’t understand the whole “thing” with gold until I started working with it to make chains for people. Now I get it. It is magical. I’m so lucky to get to do what I do for a living. I’m grateful to all the folks like Marcel for having me make my best work for them! Here’s to what is to come! Keep it real out there everyone!

Oh and as always, DM for orders and don’t be a stranger!

I first started making this pattern when I was maybe 13 years old. I had been making Chainmaille already for a number of years and I was tinkering with Full Persian when I realized it would work to build each row from the corners of the previous row rather than straight up. This created a totally different looking chain. It twists its way along but looks totally chaotic. At the time, I thought I’d invented it and I called it “Chaos Theory” which is one of the common names for this pattern to this day. It is also often called “Candy Cane” which I don’t like as much as my name for it

After decades of making this pattern this is the first solid gold one I’ve made from Chaos Theory! I made it from 14K gold wire that I turned into links and then assembled by hand, right down to welding each link closed. This necklace is 25 inches long and is connected back to itself seamlessly so there is no clasp. DM for Pricing and/or custom gold work ‍♂️

I made this super tiny micro-maille ring from 24 gauge and 22 gauge Stainless Steel. I welded every single little link! It’s a Japanese 12-in-2 pattern and I think I should make more rings now, so I will!

I’ve been making this Double Wide Byzantine pattern for decades. This one is special because it’s the first one I’ve done with welded links! I’m prepping for a drop of all new all welded chains here on my Insta!

I made this from 16 gauge 300 series Stainless Steel wire that I turned and cut into links, assembled, and welded by hand. This beast is heavy and tough and dripping with power, if you’re into that sort of stuff.

I made this Byzantine Ladder necklace from raw Stainless Steel wire. I wrap and cut each link myself before putting them together into this fitted design that curves with the shape of your neck. To make it do this I make slightly larger links for the outer row and sneak another link into the pattern so that it all ends up perfectly tight yet flexible throughout. Details aside, I think it looks effortless when I step back and, more and more, that’s my goal!

I made this super thin Byzantine necklace from 24 gauge Stainless Steel.

Ladder Byzantine Bracelet

I love this one! I made it with Stainless Steel & Blue Anodized Titanium. The pattern is Japanese 12-in-2 run at a slight curve to the center point. I make the subtle shape by using three graduated link diameters for the horizontal links. When it’s right, you can feel it. Like all of my stuff I made this from scratch. I wrap the wire into a coil that I cut into links that I assemble and close by hand.

Fine Silver with welded links.

I make this ultimate Chainmaille wallet chain by hand. I start with raw wire and end with a prefect weld to fuse every link into place. This thing is ready for decades of heavy use. This is the toughest Chainmaille on earth and I guarantee my welded chains for life.

I made this one from Stainless Steel wire. The clasp is a solid 316 Stainless swivel clip on I use a solid Stainless Steel slit ring on the other end where your wallet attaches. This wallet chain is ready for anything and will never tarnish or rust.

I made this Infinitized necklace from 2,208 handmade links of 19 gauge Stainless Steel. It’s a Euro 4-in-1 tube that is twelve rows around. I made nine of the rows from smaller links and three of them from slightly larger links. Doing this makes the whole thing have a natural curve to it, it wears like it knows what to do on your neck, which makes it SO COMFY! In other news, The Portland Saturday Market is closed now because of the fires in Oregon and our last week of the year this year is going to be Sep 26th anyway because COVID-19 made it so that we didn’t have enough vendors to stay open. Long story short, Saturday Market is where I make my living, and even after we reopened this year it was down 75% for me, now I’m out of work again until we reopen in March 2021. Due to trust and love or due to stupidity and hubris, my spirits remain high! By the way, I do custom work and I sell on my website, nudge nudge

I made this delightfully luscious 25 inch long continuous necklace from solid 14K Gold! The pattern is called GSG. I started with raw gold wire, wrapped the links around a rod, cut them with a jewelers’ saw, and then hand assembled them with pliers taking the time to even weld each one using my nifty pulse arc welder as I went. This necklace FEELS LIKE GOOD MAGIK, and it is! ‍♂️ I’m discovering that I love working with gold, so if you happen to be in need of a custom solid gold chain that is handmade and heirloom quality, slide into my DMs

This one is special. I made it custom for one of my favorite people to make things for. It’s solid 14K gold! For my gold work, I hand form and then saw cut each link, and then as I assemble them, I weld each one using a pulse arc welder. This is my favorite work to do precisely because it takes the most time and skill

Psst, I’m about to start in on another solid gold piece for someone and I already can’t wait to show it off! These sorts of custom orders are what is keeping me alive through these tough times for small businesses like mine, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU ALL!

I made this SUPER SNAKEY Six Sided Full Persian necklace from 1,134 handmade 22 gauge Stainless Steel links. So tiny!

I spent some serious time yesterday dialing in my home lighting and camera settings so that I’ll be able to shoot all the rad new chains I’ve been making!

I’m running a wild sale online right now because now is a super good time to support us small local businesses if you can! I’ve been selling my work (mostly at markets and events which are now not an option) for over 20 years‬ ‪and if I may be frank, this is the first time I’ve ever been scared for the future of my business. It is the first time I’ve been not sure if I can make it through. I am scared that after the health crisis, many otherwise viable small local businesses will never recover.‬ ‪I know this is direct, but if you have been thinking about buying something from me, now would be the time! Plus my stuff is cool and it would mean a lot to me personally. Stay safe and look out for each other ❤️

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