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Keychain with a "Miracle Bead" (fiber optic bead) on the end

Pennsic medallion with chain
Here's a chain I made for my Pennsic medallion


Close-up of the Pennsic medallion chain


Necklace of King's Byzantine made of 316L stainless steel and brass. I also made the clasp.


Stretchy maile! Half Persian 3-in-1 in red aluminium and black rubber.


Stretchy maile! European 4-in-1 in blue aluminum and black rubber.

European 4-in-1 5356 with red epdm
Stretchy maile worn on my wrist to show size.


Necklaces

Green necklace
Anodized niobium byzantine connecting sterling leaves
This is the second micromaile design I created, transposing what one would normally find in nature: green leaves and silver wire.

Corduroy choker
The picture does this pattern no justice. You just have to feel why it's called corduroy. =)

Turkish chain
(sometimes called Tryzantine)

Full Persian 4-in-1 alternating
This was a display piece for a while before I donated it, to the Taste and Auction of Howard County, run by Hospice.

European 4-in-1
aka International pattern

European 6-in-1

European 8-in-2
aka King's maile

Box chain
Byzantine

Half Persian 3-in-1
Half Persian 4-in-1


Bracelets


Persian 4-in-1 in 3 tone (brass, copper, stainless steel) permamaile bracelet
Permamaile, the newest and latest craze! Permanantly attach maile to your body for a body modification outlet other than piercing or tattooing. Be the first kid on your block to have one! Impress your friends! Freak out your parents!

Half Persian 4-in-1
stainless steel
Half Persian 4-in-1
brass/stainless steel

Half Persian 4-in-1
bronze/stainless steel
Half Persian 4-in-1
brass/bronze/stainless steel


Bellydance Outfit
Custom order for Vasha of Devadasi Belly Dance
Bra from Sblades.com since I was in a time crunch to finish this

 

Here the pictures of the completed order for Vasha of Devadasi in one of their photo shoots

 


Other creations

Chainmaile ring
or, the ring of rings =)

Ken's keychain
Four connected byzantine strands
Wine bottle holder
Originally designed to preserve the youthful spirit of one of my Maryland Renaissance Festival and SCAdian friends, Gryffn, I hope its playfulness is enjoyed by you as well
Weave: European 4-in-1; also has a top lace for tightening and hanging

Mantle - This was created as a costume piece for Joan of Arc in the February-March 2005 production of "St. Joan" at Olney Theatre, and is also the first chain/leather hybrid piece I have created. This has taken about 100 hours to complete and is made of bright aluminium, brass, and copper for the crosses, galvanized aluminium for the choker, and leather sewn to the choker for the underlay. You can also still see the black paint applied to the bright aluminium to make it more stage light friendly for "St. Joan". Worn by Jennie Eisenhower - the granddaughter of Dwight Eisenhower, great-granddaughter of Richard Nixon, and appearing in the movie Mona Lisa Smile - as she acted as Joan of Arc.

Cape closure made for St. Joan

Double Byzantine pattern, larger weave

Double Byzantine pattern, smaller weave

European 4-in-1 as a Bellychain

Various other bracelets, necklaces, and patterns I've made
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Not fully fleshed ideas

Byzantine as a web for a skirt

Japanese 6-in-1

My first headband also doubles as a necklace =)

So far I have experience using: brass; bronze; copper - plain and coated (glow in the dark too!); epdm (ethylene propylene diene monomer) rubber (glow in the dark too!); gold - plated and filled; niobium - anodized; silver - plated, sterling, and fine; steel - 316; 316L (unpolished stainless surgical), 403, galvanized, memory wire; titanium

Notes on materials:
- Brass / Bronze / Copper - inexpensive permanently coloured metal, weaker than steel and if left against the skin it will turn skin green; I use it in designs where skin contact is minimal to non-existent
- Bright Aluminium - easy to work and stays shiny throughout the years, though has a black rub-off on skin; I use it in designs where skin contact is minimal to non-existent and also as the links for teaching the students in my classes building techniques without having to fight the twice as hard properties of steel
- Galvanized Steel - about ten times less expensive than Stainless Steel, galvanized steel electric fence wire is the first material I used. Since oxidation causes it to tarnish and disintegrate over time I do not use it anymore; it has become a mark of my first works.
- Stainless Steel - good ol' stainless steel doesn't rust or tarnish, if it gets dirty you can just wear it while you take a shower, though it has nickel which may cause an irritation in some people

I also do repairs on other's pieces of maile.


Where to find my work
- Mystic Piercing & Tribal Tattoo in Crofton, MD, since March 2004
- Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries at conventions like Pennsic since August 2004
- or here at this site, inquiries and custom orders directed to me, Rich


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