Smiths Maille & Leather work

Smiths Maille & Leather work Metalsmith, ChainMaille and Leatherwork In 2012, me and my daughter had a few days in Venice Beach. We call it "the art of chain maille" which is so true.

Enjoyed the sun, the ocean, the food and the shopping, of course. We bought some cool handmade anklet chains, and coming back home to the High Desert I started to play around with beading. But it didn't take long before I had some copperwire and mandrel and cutters in my hand, finding myself making jumprings. Doing a lot of research, and making simple chain maille jewelry, combined with wire wrap

ping, I quickly understood that I'm not a beading person. I had to explore the mystery of chain maille and a new world opened up. The weaves, the combinations, the variations, the designs, the colors, the materials.....the shininess....the "ooooh's" and the "aaaah's" ....it all swept me off my feet. I feel extremely lucky to have found a "niche" that fits me perfectly. I feel extremely lucky that I have friends and in-laws that have participated in this one year journey (so far), and thanks to them and facebook I've been able to "show off" my work, sold my work and given away some work. And to see the progress in my designs, to see the that I can manage intermediate chain maille weaves makes me feel so happy. The sky is the limit for this kind of jewelry making, and it doesn't stop there. Christmas ornaments, inlays, banners, out fits...it can all be done in chain maille. I find myself doing customs order, and shipping to my home country as well as here in the US.

Need to find time to make more of these cuties ! ❤️All Stainless Steel
05/24/2024

Need to find time to make more of these cuties ! ❤️
All Stainless Steel

05/18/2024

Another favorite of mine !

Loving these turquoise rings ! They both went to Denmark and one found a new home there. 🙂
05/18/2024

Loving these turquoise rings ! They both went to Denmark and one found a new home there. 🙂

🪨 🪨 🪨 Some of my lapidary work the last couple of months ! Last year I was certain I wouldn’t enjoy doing this, but it...
05/16/2024

🪨 🪨 🪨 Some of my lapidary work the last couple of months ! Last year I was certain I wouldn’t enjoy doing this, but it surely has become a great way for me to educate myself on all the beautiful and spectacular rocks that are out there, somewhere and everywhere. Nevertheless, the names are hard to remember - so of course the more I like, love and want a rock the more the name makes sense to me.
All of a sudden Agate, Jasper, Rhodonite, Obsidian, Pietersite, Variscite, Larvikite and Mookaite has a way different meaning now 🤣 They rock !! 🪨 🤣🪨 🤣🪨

Come check us out !
10/13/2023

Come check us out !

Stitching up some biker / trucker wallets ! Italian leather :-)
01/26/2023

Stitching up some biker / trucker wallets ! Italian leather :-)

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