Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Tapered Roman Chain

I knew how time consuming making a tapered Roman chain would be when I started this project, but I REALLY wanted to use one in a piece I was making. I spent more money than I intended on different gauges of fine silver wire; there was nothing I could do but dig in!


Divided sections of fused loops, ranging from 22g-18g wire, using dowels of varied sizes.


A close up of the tiniest loops.


The tiniest loops compared to a penny. I thought these would be the most difficult to weave, but I soon found that the thicker the gauge, the more difficult it was to weave. It hurt my arm and killed my fingers!


A month later, the finished product! 24" long! Yessss!


When I was finished, I realized the piece I had originally intended to use the Roman Chain for was too small for such a bulky chain! I have yet to make something that will not be overpowered by the chain.

2 comments:

fuu said...

How did you get in between sizes for the gauges?? I'm reading classical loop-in-loop chains and it asks for inbetween sizes like 19gauge and 21gauge and i was so confused !

Leslie Shershow said...

I order my metal from Hoover and Strong- they have in-between gauges!