#chinmail

I got some anodized titanium scales, and I made them into bracelets! I went for a mixed assortment of colors, so I could see which ones I liked enough to stock. And I in the meantime, I rather like this randomized aesthetic. It reminds me of over-saturated art of the aurora borealis or of galaxies.

I already decided to stock the green, which I posted previously. I’m thinking of also getting the rose/magenta one and the bright teal/purple one. I like the bright, inconsistent colors. The yellow is also pretty nice, but I think I have enough options for yellow as it is.

Playing with bronze again! I like metals that patina and show their age. Though the necklace at top is only like 3 weeks old. Bronze weathers fast, yo.

This weave is called Jens Pind Linkage, and it’s basically a spiral weave made with rings that are too tight (specifically, the gauge of the wire is too big relative to the diameter of the ring) for a normal spiral weave, so the only way to get them to go is to overlap them really carefully, and they end up locked in that position. It’s a fun weave to make, on the thin/delicate end of what I typically like, and wow I’m impressed with whoever it was who figured it out originally.