"Statement" Chain Mail Earrings

Pair of chain mail earrings:

Double byzantine weave, rings anodized aluminum - 

on the left, silvered pink and lavender; 

on the right, matte blue, white ice, and gray. 

Round plated hooks for pierced ears.

12€ + 2€ shipping.

Note: many other colors are available, as are other supports, 

including clips - just ask!

Paire boucles d'oreilles en cotte de maille : 

Maillon byzantine double, anneaux aluminium anodisé -

 à gauche, rose et lavande argenté ;

à droite, bleu, glace, et gris en matte.

Crochets arrondis pour les oreilles percées.

12€ + 2€ frais de port.

A noter : il y a beaucoup d'autres couleurs disponibles, 

ainsi que les apprêts (y compris les clips) - il faut juste demander ... 

Byzantine Square Wire Bracelet

Chain mail bracelet:

anodized aluminum square wire color ice, highlighted with 

small anodized aluminum round wire rings; 8-1/4 in long, lobster clasp. 

20€ + 5€ shipping.

Bracelet cotte de maille :

aluminium anodisé, fil carré couleur "glace", avec petits anneaux 

couleurs diverses en fil rond  ; 21 cm longueur, fermoir homard.

20€ + 5€ frais de port.

A "Sautoir" in Vintage Orange

The Pantone color for 2019 is Living Coral, and various oranges are part of the family! This sautoir is made with a variety of vintage orange glass beads, resulting in a necklace that is about 45" long, long enough to wear it in a different ways - the bead dangling from the toggle clasp can be worn front, side, or back!  40€ + 5€ shipping.

The piece presented on January 2 can be found on Instagram : jdbeads29.

 La couleur Pantone 2019 est Corail Vif, et des tons d'orange font partie de la famille ! Ce sautoir est composé des perles "vintages" différentes en verre, couleur orange ; 115 cm de longueur, pour porter dans plusieurs façons - la perle qui pend du fermoir peut être portée devant, derrière ou sur le côté ! 40€ + 5€ frais de port.

Le bijoux du 2 janvier se trouve sur Instagram : jdbeads29.

Happy New Year! Bonne Année !

It's January 1 of 2019, and this year jd beads sells on line! Glass and stone beads, aluminum chain mail, and other interesting materials ...

C'est le 1 janvier 2019, et cette année jd beads vend en ligne ! Perles en verre et en pierres, cotte de mail en aluminium, et d'autres matières intéressantes ...

jdbeads29@gmail.com

Chain mail necklace: 

anodized aluminum with beaten copper center focal bead; 

double byzantine weave in a mixture of bright colors;

17 in long, hook clasp.

40€ + 5€ shipping.

Collier cotte de maille :
aluminium anodisé avec une grande perle centrale en cuivre ;
maillon double byzantine, mélange de couleurs vives ;
44 cm de longueur, fermoir crochet.
40€ + 5€ frais de port.

Noël 2017

This collection of chain mail just left for a Christmas market in Paris!

Happy as a fish ...

The French are "happy as a fish in water" and they are also "April fish" on the first of April. This year, April 1 is on Saturday, so my group of artists and craftspersons is doing a special long weekend exhibit "Happy as an April fish" ("Heureux comme un poisson d'avril"), and the theme is fish and the sea. A new experience for me to create a jewelry collection with this kind of theme - very interesting to work with techniques I know in a new way!

glass fish with flat crystals

earrings in a variety of styles

four different bracelets - the one in the front has charms on a chain that
I dreamed up with aluminum rings and two-holed hematite beads

the two fish are hand-made and came from a gallery in Prague

the chain is a Mobius knot pattern

a more casual look for this necklace

not all fish are blue and silver

a colorful chain that picks up the fish colors

perhaps my favorite necklace in this collection

definitely casual

And to see what the nineteen other creative types are coming up with, click here!

Byzantine in all its colored splendor!

The project: a 60" necklace in Byzantine weave, multi-colored but no black or silver. No problem for the weave ... Byzantine flows smoothly in the making, drapes well, and is generally quite a pleasant weave to work with from the creation point of view.

Multicolored: always an interesting challenge! As I have said more than once, random looks better when it has a little structure to it. The weave works up in pairs of rings, and 12 rings made a unit, so the colors need to be a different number to not fall into a regular pattern. I settled on five bright colors, five slightly pastel, and gold for accents. I set up a pattern to alternate the two sets of colors, and then I tried a random generator tool to place the various colors (which was interesting, but not very successful - however, it did take me back to my high school math days and probability and statistics problems!). The color placement needs to take into account where the colors fall when the necklace is doubled or tripled - that's the tough part! This was my color worksheet:

I was quite taken with the end result ...

... and so was my client!