Behold, my very first piece of chain mail work! This is a simple elegant design that resembles a self-looping double helix. Its a bracelet, and it actually hangs fairly loose on my wrist (it can slide halfway up my forearm XD) so I could probably easily lengthen it into a necklace if I had more wire.
I might consider trying to sell pieces like this in the future, as commissions or at conventions; this was actually simple and only took my about two hours (half of that was trying to remember how to close the darned thing because the book that taught me how, I've misplaced :c)
Labeled under photography because There doesn't seem to be a sculpture category (odd)
I might consider trying to sell pieces like this in the future, as commissions or at conventions; this was actually simple and only took my about two hours (half of that was trying to remember how to close the darned thing because the book that taught me how, I've misplaced :c)
Labeled under photography because There doesn't seem to be a sculpture category (odd)
Category Photography / Still Life
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 640 x 480px
File Size 114.2 kB
Do be a bit careful with chainmail jewelry. I made myself a very similar necklace (3X around my wrist) when I was in college out of galvanized steel. While sitting in the car in the sun I gave myself a rather unexpected burn on my neck where the sun heated the metal and physics dictated that my body was a better heat sink than the open air and I made funny noises and pulled the thing off. I'm not sure how well copper would conduct the heat to your body or how much contact you'd need for it to become painful.
Also, copper is quite soft and I don't see any solder or weld marks. Is this bracelet strong enough to survive normal abuse when worn?
Also, copper is quite soft and I don't see any solder or weld marks. Is this bracelet strong enough to survive normal abuse when worn?
Well, this is really a very soft copper (originally) when working with it. Its the stuff they sell at Jo-Ann Fabrics. It doesn't get very hot at all. However, once I spooled it around a pencil to make jump-rings it stiffened nicely.
There are no solder or weld marks either; I've re-sized this thing so much since I first made it that its probably an inch or so shorter than it started. Just by opening and closing the rings by hand. Oddly enough the normal wear and tear is harmless; only if somebody tries to yank on it do I encounter a problem.
There are no solder or weld marks either; I've re-sized this thing so much since I first made it that its probably an inch or so shorter than it started. Just by opening and closing the rings by hand. Oddly enough the normal wear and tear is harmless; only if somebody tries to yank on it do I encounter a problem.
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