So many rings, sooo much time.....

Back in June I blogged about my Koil Kutter and what a wonderful contraption it is. In my post I mentioned I was working on a purse and I'm pleased to announce that after sitting in a basket for a while it is finally finished! All said and done this purse has almost 5,000 rings! This purse is made using a very dense European 4-in-1 weave from 18ga bright aluminum rings. Some rings on the flap are stainless steel so that the flap has a little extra weight to keep it hanging shut.

This purse is currently available in my Etsy shop here. I can also make this purse in different sizes and metals as well as including an inlay design within the weave of the purse.

Etsy Treasury by HannahsHands

I was featured in an Etsy Treasury! Thanks to HannahsHands for including my Spiky Byzantine Bracelet in this collection with other great chainmaille pieces from other Etsy sellers.

Here is the link for this treasury: link

Check it out before it expires Saturday Aug. 22 at 12:24PM

What I've done with my time....

Well, I spent the last few weeks the latest victim of our economy. On a positive note, I had more time to do things around the house (I installed a pocket door and did some painting.) and of course work on my chainmaille! With anodized niobium I wrapped a Limoges cameo (pics coming soon) that my wife had wanted to turn into a necklace and started a sterling silver wrapped cabochon project but I ran out of wire. I also did 2 pieces with copper, the first a Full Persian Bracelet and the second, a Half Persian 3-1 Necklace. I also added to my line of keychains with a Dragonscale Keychain in orange & black anodized aluminum and bright aluminum. And finally I made a Double Byzantine Bracelet using sterling silver and anodized titanium finished with a sterling silver tube clasp.

Do you lose your keys often? I do.

If you're anything like me you have a habit of misplacing your keys. Well, perhaps these new keychains will be just the thing to help remedy this problem. Turn that boring old keychain into something eye catching with chainmaille! Currently I have a Full Persian Keychain made from stainless steel and a Captive Inverted Round Keychain made from bright aluminum and I plan on adding several others as time allows.

Another One Bites the Dust

Update: 5/5/09 -- I've finished the brass bracelet mentioned in the original post below. It was created using ~600 brass rings all hand coiled and saw cut. I think the finished product is definitely worth all the work. This bracelet is also available in my Etsy shop here. (I swapped the original pic from this post for one of both bracelets for a size comparison.)

Another chainmaille bracelet has hit the streets here at Baron Byron Chainmaille! This bracelet is made in the Rondo a la Byzantine weave created by Rebecca Mojica of Blue Buddha Boutique. Approximately 225 bright aluminum rings went into this project and is currently available here.

Be on the lookout for another bracelet using this weave using smaller rings in brass coming in the future.

I'm in love with Dragonscale

After some trial and error, I've finally gotten good ring sizes for the Dragonscale weave. Seen here is a Dragonscale bracelet made from Bright Aluminum. I would love to do this using silver and anodized niobium, anodized titanium, or enameled copper but that will have to wait for either a custom order of such a thing or I get more money from sale that I can put into such a project.

Etsy Treasury by TheBeadedHeart

I was featured in an Etsy Treasury! Thanks to Julie at TheBeadedHeart (also from BeadedHeartsVintage) for including my European 4-in-1 and Mobius Necklace in this collection with other great chainmaille pieces from other Etsy sellers.

Here is the link for this treasury: link

Check it out before it expires Tuesday Mar. 31 at 5:07PM

Etsy Chainmaillers Guild Featured Items of the Week

I had an item listed on the Etsy Chainmaillers Guild blog as one of the featured items for this week! It is my Japanese 12-in-2 bracelet made using bright aluminum rings and red anodized aluminum rings. It was one of my earlier creations and as such it has been put on clearance to make room for more wonderful pieces.

Etsy Treasury by BeadedHeartsVintage

I was featured in an Etsy Treasury! Thanks to Julie at BeadedHeartsVintage for including my European 4-in-1 earrings in this collection with other great chainmaille pieces from other Etsy sellers.

Here is the link for this treasury: link

Check it out before it expires Sunday Jan. 11 at 9:39PM

Christmas is coming ---> FREE gift wrapping!

These festive earrings are perfect for the holiday season.

FREE gift wrapping is available in my shop for all Christmas purchases. I'll wrap the item purchased and include a gift tag with the to/from info you provide me. I can mail directly to you or to the recipient. Just let me know during checkout in the notes to seller.

Spiky Byzantine Bracelet

Okay, so I've finally got some pictures taken of recent projects. Here is a variation of my byzantine bracelet. Like I mentioned earlier, I'm really enjoying the byzantine weave alot right now. I have another project using this weave started but it'll be a while coming cause I have lots of rings to make and then weave before my vision becomes reality.