[Jewelry making - Article 00244] - Re: [Orchid] Byzantine chain patterns

[Julia Gardner]

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>     the chain I have has a sort of square cross section and I wondered
>     whether this and the oval links had perhaps been achieved by being
>     pulled through a square holed draw plate after annealing?

    I've seen and admired that type of chain. At first, I assumed it was
    drawn through a square-holed plate-- would definitely have to have
    each link fused or soldered. I can see some potential problems with
    drawing a Byzantine chain through a square-holed plate (or any
    plate). With Byzantine, the weave is has the "caged" units joined by
    links. Within those "caged" units, the jump rings are angled towards
    each other. I wonder how easily this would draw because of that.
    Seems like the rings that are angled towards the draw plate might
    splay out and not pass through the plate. Perhaps those square
    Byzantine chains are created by some other means?? I am also
    interested in learning how to do this.
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