[Jewelry making - Article 00340] - Re: [Orchid] Byzantine chain patterns

[Michelle]

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    The 50+ year old Byz chain I have has soldered links and also is
    soldered at the "folded back" rings. The chain has been either been
    milled or drawn through a drawplate, as the edges of the slightly
    oval links are "smudged" (for lack of a better description). The
    Byzantine weave is a square-ish weave anyway so I don't think it
    would take much to emphasize this. 

    Depending on how heavy you want the chain 1.3 mm to.65 mm is a great
    range of sizes for this weave. An 18 inch necklace worked in 1 mm
    wire, 3.5 mm inner diameter round-wire-round rings uses approximately
    1.5 ozt of sterling, more if worked in gold. Most of the time I work
    it in 1 mm wire or.8 mm wire, although I have worked it in B&S 24
    gauge wire. Beautiful, very delicate, and will make you cross-eyed. I
    solder 1/3 of the links before assembly, 2/3 as I am assembling it. I
    highly recommend the paste hard solder in a syringe for chain work,
    especially for the smaller gauges. I do pick solder the larger
    gauges, also. 

    I hope this helped. If I can be of further help, let me know. 

Michelle
Decolletage Jewels
ChainWeavers.com
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