Unconventional Chain Mail Jewelry

Unconventional Chain Mail Jewelry
Author: Laura Poplin
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2012-11-19
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0871167387

Laura Poplin’s clever chain mail jewelry brings an updated look to this ancient technique. Poplin treats chain mail not just as the focal point of jewelry, but also as an unexpected accent to pearls, metals, and even leather. A technique tutorial begins each project-filled chapter and covers five basic weaves: Euro 4-in-1, Byzantine; Unbalanced Euro 1-in-1; Japanese 12-in-2; and Chrysanthemum. A substantial tools and materials section covers everything from wire gauges and making jump rings to texturing metal and working with leather.

Creative Chain Mail Jewelry

Creative Chain Mail Jewelry
Author: Editors of Bead&Button Magazine
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2012-08-29
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0871167611

Following the success of Classic Chain Mail Jewelry from Kalmbach comes Creative Chain Mail Jewelry, featuring over 25 chain mail projects from Bead&Button and Art Jewelry magazines. These projects employ a broad assortment of jump rings, traditional techniques and other materials to achieve modern looks. Easy projects focus on opening and closing jump rings, stringing and crimping, while a more advanced project requires soldering. The book is organized from easy to challenging projects for progressive practice for beaders of all skill levels. Keeping jump rings front and center, the book shows how to make a huge variety of designs from classic to contemporary.

Chain Mail Jewelry

Chain Mail Jewelry
Author: Terry Taylor
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781579907235

A valuable resource to help beginners and intermediates get in on the craze. With computer-generated illustrations that show every step, it introduces all the key construction procedures, including the proper methods of winding, opening and closing the metal rings.

Modern Chain Mail Jewelry

Modern Chain Mail Jewelry
Author: Marilyn Gardiner
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2015-07-20
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627001417

Renowned designer and teacher Marilyn Gardiner has a contemporary chain mail style which is wearable for a night out, to wear to work, or many other occasions. Marilyn teaches jewelry makers how to express their creative side by making over 24 jewelry pieces that incorporate favorite chain mail weaves into eye-catching necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. This sophisticated jewelry also incorporates gorgeous beads to make each piece unique and adaptable, so jewelry makers can bring their personal style to each finished piece.

Creative Chain Mail Jewelry

Creative Chain Mail Jewelry
Author: Alfred Freddie
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-12-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

LEARN CHAIN MAIL MAKING THE EASY WAY Creative chain mail is a guide for anyone who has an interest in modern chain mail. With a variety of necklace, bracelet, and earring projects, jewelry makers will find this guide helpful as it helps them incorporate sterling silver, base metal, and aluminum jump rings, with crystals, gemstones, and leather. Thanks to its exquisite, easily mastered techniques and elegant lines, this attractive resource will help beginners and advanced get in on the project of chain mail easily. With step by step illustrations that show every step, it thoroughly introduces all the key construction procedures, including the proper methods of winding, opening, and closing metal rings. Plus, it offers advice on polishing the pieces, tips on adding pearls or beads, and much more.

Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop

Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop
Author: Karen Karon
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-14
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1596686456

Discover the ultimate technique-based guide for one of the top trends in jewelry making--chain maille. In Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop, you'll find more than two dozen techniques for making today's most popular chain maille weaves--from simple chains to beaded wonders to intricate Dragonscale. Jewelry artist and author Karen Karon pairs in-depth, step-by-step instructions with color illustrations that show exactly where to place the next jump ring. You'll also get a thorough but flexible approach to techniques that prove weaving can be done in a multitude of ways and demonstrations on "speed weaving," which is ideal for large projects. Designs progressively increase in complexity, so every jewelry maker--beginner or pro--will find inspiration and projects that suite their skill level. What's more to love? Every chapter provides a unique jewelry project and a plethora of design advice, visual inspiration, shortcuts, tips, and tricks, as well as guidance for attaching clasps and findings. It's no wonder that Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop is the ideal resource for innovation and originality in chain maille jewelry making.

Linked

Linked
Author: Karin Van Voorhees
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2014-05-19
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627000801

Linked: Innovative Chain Mail Jewelry Designs is a project-rich book for anyone who has an interest in modern chain mail. With a variety of necklace, bracelet, and earring projects, jewelry makers will incorporate sterling silver, base metal, and colored aluminum jump rings, with crystals, gemstones, and leather. This book of over 20 projects will feature the work of six leading designers including Anne Mitchell, John Fetvedt, Vanessa Waliko, Diane Miller, Sue Ripsch, and Laura Poplin.

One Jump Ring

One Jump Ring
Author: Lauren Andersen
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2017-01-16
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627003045

Twenty-five everyday chain mail projects using only one size ring: 3/16", 18 gauge. Book features tips throughout to help you master chain mail. Book instructions are easy to follow resulting in quality-looking finished pieces. Build confidence as you move from simple to more complex designs while learning several common weaves such as Box Chain, Byzantine, Mobius, Barrel Weave, Double Spiral, European 4-in-1, and Shaggy Loops.

Link It!

Link It!
Author: Susan Thomas
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2008
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781600591563

Jewelry enthusiasts, metal workers, beaders, and general crafters have fallen in love with the elegant lines of chain mail. And with this attractive resource, they have a wonderful and easy new way to mimic its look and make unique, eye-catching necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. All it takes are flexible, colorful neoprene O-rings, woven together into basic units, then joined together with metal jump rings. The 26 projects are bright and beautiful: imagine playful blue and yellow earrings dangling from French wire, an intricate bracelet in lavender and white with a charming floral focus bead, or a bold copper wrist cuff. Of course, each project features superb close-up how-to photography illustrating the various stages of construction from start to finish.