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Story by
anda
Published on April 21, 2008 in Spotlight |
Photo by cMaille |
I was reading about Tom Binns last weekend and was really into his intense multi-strand chain pieces. Then I went looking to see what Etsy had to offer, but actually got sidetracked by the chain maille artists and all the metalsmiths hand-forging their own chain jewelry. There is really so much great work out there. Take a look!
If you assemble riotous concoctions of chains and baubles, and I didn't find you, drop me a line in the commenst below because I am still looking!
Loose chainmaille weave necklace in a bright, striking blue. By redpanda, $35.
Redpanda went on vacation after I wrote this Find! Please check out this and other great items in her shop when she gets back.
Tabbed Necklace - Resin and Sterling
Gemmafactrix has a warehouse somewhere in her 'hood where she, I believe, carts home bucketfuls of interesting electronic parts and bits of rubber and metal doodads, and then sits down to transform it all into rad jewelry. Like these phenolic resin components that are now---poof---a cool necklace. $62.
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Scarlet Accent
Two different goldfill chains, one oxidised sterling, one textured sterling, and three other sterling chain, all mixed together in this pretty bracelet. By realisationcreations, $55.
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Beautiful steel necklace designed by meganauman, $200.
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"This piece blends Flower Petal Maille, also known as Mobius Knots with Japanese 12-2 Weave, seamlessly meshing into a gorgeous weave of copper." And it's stunning. By DantesSpirit, $35.
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Simple, modern, large link chain bracelet. By industria, $57.
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This is sort of exactly the necklace I was looking for when I set out to find these Finds. Lots and lots and lots and lots of strands. By automaticsweetheart, $75.
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For those hesitant to spend money on a chain maille piece you can't touch first, cMaille smartly offers this sampler set — and your $30 can go towards your next purchase!
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I love this necklace and I can't really explain why. It just speaks to my little ole conflicted gemini heart. By Cance, $22.
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| Tags | bracelet, chain, chain maille, Etsy Finds, gold, jewelry, metal, necklace, silver |
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7 comments Login to add your own!
excely
Great feature Anda!
Some more awesome artists:
The Alchemist's Star makes gorgeous maille-
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=...
And aPeace4You does such funky pilings up of her vintage chain-
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=...
theascrafts
Don't forget Luminosity Fashions!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=...
Will even sell you some links if you want to try your hand at making your own chainmaille.. I'm still fiddling with mine and loving it!!!
Cance
thanks so much, anda, for including my necklace in this fun list! i looooove piles of chains...so many great pieces on etsy, too. here are a couple recent favorites:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=...
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=...
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=...
:D
gemmafactrix
Yay, resin love! Thanks for including my necklace in your article.
I do, in fact, cart out bucketfuls of fun stuff from my local warehouse. Here are some photos of it, inside and out:
SilverDragon
Well, it looks like a chain with its interlocking links, but it's really a bead stitch I invented that creates these interlocking links using a single thread:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?...
;)












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