A begginners guide to making chainmaille jewelry.

It can be very satisfying to see a piece of amazing jewelry you made from wire to rings to jewelry.In this instructable i will teach you how to do this amazing thing.

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Step 1: Whats needed for making jewelry

The tools needed is readily availible at a local hardware store if you dont already have them.
1.Needlenose pliers
2.Cutting pliers (diagnol cutters)
3.Wire if you have any gauge higher than 16g it is great for jewelry
4.Your hands duh!
5.This instructable
6.A mandrel if you havent made on refer to an instructable called making a mandrel.

nyquilpillz says: Nov 8, 2009. 11:53 PM

just a random helpful tip...

when you are gonna take pictures so close up with

change the settings on the camera to the macro setting it lets you take REALLLYYY close up pictures with out them getting blurry.

devonfletch says: Jul 27, 2010. 3:49 AM

Takes an Apple dude to state the obvious!

mweatherl says: Dec 23, 2011. 7:59 PM

lol

one eight se7en says: May 7, 2009. 10:26 AM

ok the Instructable was a real good idea but, the pictures weren't so good... (no offense) I just couldn't tell what steps 4-6 was. I'm new to this jewelry so that could be why. oh btw, where did you get the silver for the project? oh and! since you're taking macro pictures try holding the camera further away and zooming in (may require a tripod) ;⁾

JoKingRhino says: Feb 6, 2011. 11:00 AM

In the picture on the first slide it said that it was just typical electrical fence wire which is made out of aluminum.

taz2020 (author) says: Mar 5, 2011. 8:49 AM

The one that was bent wrong was aluminium and one on right was silver you cvan get it at ringsandmore.com

sokamiwohali says: Nov 27, 2011. 4:50 PM

The best site to use is www.theringlord.com

i order ALL my rings there and they are consistiant from batch to batch. They also have a hughe selection to choose from.

moo12353 says: Jun 12, 2011. 9:53 AM

i cant get that website to work when i tryed to use it all that came up was

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gščipokas says: May 24, 2011. 9:21 AM

could you make the 4 step more informative? Because i do not understand what to place where. Every time i try to place the ring it get's into the wrong place.

devonfletch says: Jul 27, 2010. 3:43 AM

Looks to me you've got 2 + 2 + 2 rings here, not 2 + 2 + 3 (?)

taz2020 (author) says: Sep 6, 2010. 7:19 PM

haha sry bro i think so i was like 10 when i id this haha imma make some more instructables havin made one in a while

sgsidekick says: Mar 14, 2009. 4:35 PM

Very nice, but the weaving instructions aren't very clear...and I'm not talking about the photos. Trust me, I know how hard it can be to explain something that is easy for YOU (or me), but I don't think I can follow these instructions. It could be just me (probably is!). Overall, tho, I like the way this jewelry looks. Guess I'll just have to keep at it to figure it out.

Luziviech says: Apr 5, 2010. 12:38 PM

technics:
www.chainmaille.org (library -> weaves -> weaves home)
supplies:
www.theringlord.com (aka TRL)

byzantine is kinda simple - i made sum of red/silver rings for the sink chain in our kitchen. It's rather pretty to do sum beez byzee, if you want to use that technic as base, but i actually prefer hourglass-chains, captive inverted round and the helm variant "Rondo" usin silver/brass rings.

xhudaman says: Dec 18, 2009. 12:09 PM

no i didnt rally get it either but the link given by the guy/girl b4 had good instructions that are easier and faster (by the looks of the instructions of course) so check that out it helped me figure out how to do the weave

xhudaman says: Dec 18, 2009. 11:31 AM

how do i know where to cut the wire when making the rings?? would help have a sisters bday coming she'd like this

clichej1 says: Nov 8, 2009. 4:04 PM

there's a faster way to weave byzantine. u should check that link http://www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=18896

ANTQNUT says: Nov 7, 2009. 8:41 PM

That is so epic! you could and should sell this! I'd Buy it ;)

one eight se7en says: May 7, 2009. 10:32 AM

how did you put 2 open rings in 2 closed ones, (i know stupid question...) What tool did you use? Were the pieces straight? Sorry about all the questions, I'm new to jewelry thing and I admire your work.

Grey_Wolfe says: May 15, 2009. 2:11 PM

Open rings look like the top right ring in the pic for step three. By weaving one side of the closed rings through the opening, one can get the closed rings into the open ones. Then a deft twist of the wrist and the open rings are closed. :)