Since I’ve gotten my silversmithing tools, I’ve been dying to get started on making the maille-specific jewelry components that I’ve been designing. With that goal in mind, I set out to make a simple prong setting for a gemstone cabochon. I’ve got a small hoard of cabs, and I honestly think that the first step [...]

A NEW CAMERA! We’ve finally got ourselves a nice SLR and it’s making photographing our pieces a million times easier, not to mention faster. My old process was to position the piece, put the camera on Macro setting, take a picture, navigate to the exposure menu, adjust the setting, take another picture, navigate to the [...]

This is by far the “fan favorite” out of all the maille I have made. It’s one of my favorites as well, and provided some surprising challenges! The piece itself is made from bright aluminum with some tiny Czech glass drops attached. The connectors and enamelled butterfly pendant are set with Swarovski crystals. The clasp [...]

I was looking at stained glass windows and other architectural prettiness and was inspired to make these little things. They’re modelled after quatrefoil cathedral windows. As you can see in the last picture, they’re pretty stiff. It’s like how I make my stars; I don’t like them being floppy, I want them to be solid! [...]

I just want to show off these brass findings that arrived yesterday from GoblinsMarket. They are hand-enamelled by her, and they’re all lovely. I highly recommend her stuff, so if you know any beaders out there who would like unique findings NOT from a craft store, give her a look. Oh, and my new business [...]