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ZoLo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇴🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️

Sometimes I get so bogged down trying to do a thing that it stops me from doing another thing. Case in point: In trying to get perfect photos for my new bracelets, they've been sitting here waiting to be listed for over a week. So I've just done my best, and will adjust them later.

So, you can now buy my dragonscale weave bracelets! Plus, get a 10% discount if you also buy a dragonscale pendant.

etsy.com/uk/listing/1906559271

etsy.com/uk/listing/1906560213

A silver coloured dragonscale chainmaille bracelet on my wrist
#FediGiftShop#ChainmailJewelry#Chainmaille
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ZoLo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇴🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️

I've been so distracted lately I've not done any chainmaille, and I'd forgotten about my Saturday Showcase posts. So, a week and and a day late... Japanese Weave.

Japanese weave can be quite a pain to make, but is a very striking weave with a lot of versatility. You can also see the way that warfare techniques informed weave designs, as Japanese's wide flat rings are well suited against the slashing attacks they commonly faced.

A Japanese Weave chainmaille bracelet on, in blue with black links, worn on my wrist
A Japanese Weave chainmaille bracelet on, in blue with black links, worn on my wrist. This picture shows the back of my wrist, where two black toggle clasps close the piece.
#chainmaille#ChainmailJewelry#SaturdayShowcase
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This is what I call a chainmail panel top, or crop top. It is composed of front and back panels of European 4 in 1 chainmail attached by sets of chain straps. The panels are made from large anodized aluminum rings, while the straps are made from smaller bright aluminum rings. The front panel has a subtle taper at the bottom, while the back panel stops abruptly. The shoulder and armpit straps provide security, and the waist strap is primarily for decoration. There are no clasps on this piece and it is intended to go on and off over the head. This results in no adjustability and a smaller range of body types that it will fit, so finding a way to make this adjustable would be beneficial. #chainmail #chainmaille #armor #maker #crafts #fashion #aluminum #croptop
An angled front view of the piece described in the post. It is modeled on a mannequin with a plain background.
A front view of the piece described in the post. It is modeled on a mannequin with a plain background.
A side view of the piece described in the post. It is modeled on a mannequin with a plain background.
A back view of the piece described in the post. It is modeled on a mannequin with a plain background.
#croptop
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This is a large scalemail pauldron. It hangs off one shoulder while wrapping under the opposite arm for support. It is composed of anodized aluminum scales, starting with uncolored scales with black trim at the top, then changing to fully black scales partway down. The scales are attached to a strip of chainmail which holds the piece to the body. #chainmail #chainmaille #scalemail #armor #maker #crafts #aluminum #pauldron #shoulder
An angled front view of the piece described in the post. It is modeled on a mannequin with a plain background.
A front view of the piece described in the post. It is modeled on a mannequin with a plain background.
A side view of the piece described in the post. It is modeled on a mannequin with a plain background.
A back view of the piece described in the post. It is modeled on a mannequin with a plain background.
#shoulder
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ZoLo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇴🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️

For today's Saturday Showcase: bead capture.

Using the same technique from the D20 cage I shared recently, you can create a string of captured beads, making for a really eye-catching look with tons of options between ring colours and bead materials.

I'm still working on finding beads with a sufficiently narrow size margin (get the size wrong and the beads will fall out) so I'm not making any for my store yet, but they'll be landing eventually.

A bead capture weave pendant and matching bracelet in silver with orange beads, held in my hand in front of a leafy plant
#chainmaille#ChainmailJewelry#SaturdayShowcase
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ZoLo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇴🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️

Crazy busy today, so in place of anything new, here's an old piece I made:

I made this to wear to my SiL's wedding. One of the great things about chainmaille is I can make jewellery to match my outfit! (Sadly, it's not visible in the photo, but I'm including a pic of me from the wedding anyway.)

The weave is a European 4-in-1, with a band of smaller link rings to tidy the edges. The blue rings are 16 SWG 1/4", the silver is 18 SWG 5/32".

A blue and silver cuff bracelet made in European 4-in-1 chainmaille. The bracelet has silver edging and a wide silver slide clasp closure. In this picture, it is worn on a pale-skinned wrist, turned so that the viewer can see the slide clasp.
A blue and silver cuff bracelet made in European 4-in-1 chainmaille. The bracelet has silver edging and a wide silver slide clasp closure. In this picture, it is worn on a pale-skinned wrist, turned so that the viewer cannot see the slide clasp.
A pale-skinned woman in a navy blue crew-necked, cap-sleeved dress. She is wearing clear-framed glasses with her hair tied back. She has a blue, patterned scarf over one shoulder, and you can see a metallic navy painted thumbnail. She is standing in the hallway of a stately home
#chainmaille#craft#ChainmailJewelry
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ZoLo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇴🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️

One of the reasons I like chainmaille as a craft is that while my fibromyalgia often leave me sofa-bound, chainmaille requires very little space: all I need is my pliers, jump rings, and a lap tray (complete with a custom play mat from deep cut studios.) So while I'm not up to doing anything else, I can work on my latest piece while watching a movie... Usually horror, currently the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

My lap tray, covered in a green mat, strewn with pliers and jump rings. In the background, past the pink crocs, a TV displays the title screen for A Nightmare on Elm Street.
#chainmaille#DisabledLifestyle#crafts
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