Fish bracelet

 Rummaging in my to-be-finished-at-a-later-date-box I found a handful of perforated fish! They looked a little sad so I gave them a coat of enamel and linked them up voilà! a cute little fish bracelet! don't they look sweet swimming about in a circle, I also had one left over to go as a pendant or a charm for a simple bracelet.

Fish bracelet
Copper, vitreous enamel
© 2012 Nayna Studios™

Romanov chain maille

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 As you know I am madly in love with all things chain-maille and keep trying out new weaves so here is my latest experiment. I usually only try out any weave in just the one metal till I am sure that it will work out with me, as some weaves I do tend to find a little tough ( guess I am still a newbie :P ) But this weave simply had to be a bi-metal design, and there is another first, my first ever successful experiment with German silver a.k.a. Nickel silver. Its a little harder than copper but I think closer to brass in work hardening, a little bit of annealing did help though and gets a nice finish when tumbled. So which one do you thinks works better the one is just copper or the bi-metal one ??

 

Bead and Chips!

Wrapped Agate chip pendant with a Lapis Lazuli chain
Copper, Agate chips, Lapis Lazuli beads
© 2012 Nayna Studios™

 Most of my work includes a lot of intricate soldering and metal work as I keep wanting improve on these skills and also for simple fact that I love to solder ( gleeful grin here :D !! ). These agates though simply begged to be showcased as the main element in a piece and I thought a simple wire wrapping would be the best thing to do so. Of course the long Lapis Lazuli beads simply add to the charm of the design. This set started out as a single bracelet but then as I started linking up the bracelet I realized I had textured two extra copper blanks so what  you have  here is a pendant that goes with the bracelet.

Wrapped Agate chip bracelet with a Lapis Lazuli chain
Copper, Agate chips, Lapis Lazuli beads
© 2012 Nayna Studios™