Belts and Bronze

John has been busy preparing the silicon bronze rings for his grant project that he mentioned in his last post. To prepare the rings he uses pliers to partially open about half of the rings, and close the other half of the rings making the two ends flush. All together they will total to be around 60,000 rings for the Shirt, Coif and Mantle.  I have been working on something we haven't done before, women's belts. I am just starting off with a simple design to see if it is something that people are interested in.

  

Also! This weekend we are beginning preparations for Art in the Park coming up in the middle of July. Keep an eye out on our facebook page for updates!

Thanks!

It was a busy and sleepless weekend but it is always worth it! Thank you everyone who stopped by and saw us at Holidays by Hand. We did better than the year before and are excited for our next show. (looking for one to do this spring) In the mean time we'll keep you updated on any new projects we work on. See you soon!

Heavier Metals

Oops! it's been a month.We have been busy making some new designs, and trying to get organized to do more art shows next year. (it's very exciting) John has been working on using more heavy metals in his pieces making them a little more expensive, but also higher quality. While I have been working on building more inventory for our smaller less expensive items. Before I unleash all the pictures we took I'll let John explain more of what he has been doing. -T

Hey, John here, I've been working on improving my skill-set by working on several new projects. As T said, I have been trying to include more base metals to make my work more substantial. Aluminum is lightweight, relatively cheap, and comes in very appealing colors, however I feel the beauty of steel, bronze, brass, copper, and titanium to be unmatched which is why I am expanding my collection to include a much wider variety of jewelry in these metals. I'm getting back to the core of the maille arts where bronze, iron, and steel were the primary armoring metals used. - J