Wish I could claim that I'm girly and sew beautiful gowns like some - but sadly I'm a metal girl.
Here's a hand flower I crafted from heat colored stainless steel scales - they have a purple shimmer to them.
(http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr310/Airanwen1/IMGA0650-1.jpg)
I made a byzantine weave bracelet with aluminum in silver, gold and blue.
(http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr310/Airanwen1/IMGA0641-1.jpg)
I also made my husband a snakemail armband, here's a closeup of the weave.
(http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr310/Airanwen1/IMGA0644-1.jpg)
Lastly I made a spiral bracelet.
(http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr310/Airanwen1/IMGA0640-1.jpg)
Other weaves I've tried were persian 3-1 and box weave...no pics of those sadly since I gave them away as gifts. I'm willing to work on pieces for others -I've half considered making an Etsy site or try to sell them on Ebay or...something. I have lots of colored aluminum rings and can always order more.
TFL:
Those are great! We have a lot of people on the forum who work in chainmaille. There is nothing wrong with working in metal (says, the blacksmith).
Welcome to the forum.
- Mag
This is my fiance's first piece- he made it for me to go with my pirate garb this year as I am very much a girly girl when it comes to my baubles:
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/LilTxQt/DsJewelry003.jpg)
Earrings to follow, and I will also have a braceet to wear on an everyday type basis.
Im so proud of him!
What beautiful work both of you have done! :)
Where do you get your scales from? I've done Chain in the past, but have never tried scale, looks like it would be worth trying
JC: I haven't worked with scale personally, but the guy I get my rings from (theringlord.org) offers scales in several sizes and materials.
TFL and Lishy: Great to see some more maillers here :) I'm at work so I don't have any pics of my pieces handy, but I've mostly done jewelery in stainless, bronze and a bit of copper (and a neverending shirt project in aluminum)