Chainmaille

Dragon chainmaille weave is a useful technique for chainmaille jewelry, costumes and more. This instructional video from Theresa Abelew shows how easy it can be.

Learn how to make a scalemaille and washermaille bracelet as vivid as your imagination with this handy video from Vanessa Walilko.

Kat Wisniewski shares her artistic journey, what inspires her, and how she turned her passion for making chainmaille jewelry into a profitable business.

Soldering jump rings closed helps create a secure connection in jewelry. Follow along with Chris as he walks you through the tools and steps needed for this handy skill.

Chainmaille jewelry artist Kat Wisniewski explains why and how to use Tool Magic® to prepare pliers for wire working.

Learn all about the gauges, sizes and benefits of stainless steel jumprings available at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads in this jewelry-making product show-and-tell led by expert jewelry maker Tammy Honaman.

You'll love the range of sterling silver jump rings available at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads, especially because jewelry-making expert Tammy Honaman showcases the various sizes, gauges and shapes in this product feature.

Who says chainmaille can't be stretchy? Follow along with this video to make a stretchable Celtic chainmaille bracelet using both regular and rubber jump rings.

In this jewelry-making product show-and-tell, expert jewelry maker Tammy Honaman explains how oval jumprings are made and the various metal materials, sizes and gauges oval jumprings are available in at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads.

Follow along with Sue Ripsch, renowned chainmaille artist, as she walks through the steps to create what she calls Sputnik earrings, a pair of chain mail earrings made with various jumprings and a bicone bead.

Expert chainmaille artist Sue Ripsch demonstrates how to make a River of Maille bracelet. This is a variation of the Byzantine technique. She uses shower curtain rings so it’s easier to see how to connect jump rings to create this chainmaille weave.

See the gauges and sizes of brass jumprings available at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads in this jewelry-making product show-and-tell led by expert jewelry maker and instructor Tammy Honaman.

Tammy Honaman, expert jewelry maker, explains the benefits of aluminum jumprings and the wide range of sizes and colors available at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads in this jewelry-making product show-and-tell.

Watch this video tutorial as expert chainmaille artist Sue Ripsch teaches how to capture crystal beads inside jump rings to create a sparkling bracelet design called Crystal Dream with a Twist.

Learn how sterling silver-filled wire and jumprings are made, as well as the available selection of jumprings made from this jewelry wire available at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads in this product show-and-tell.

Anodized niobium jumprings are an ideal jewelry-making finding because they are naturally hypoallergenic. Tammy Honaman explains more about this metal as well as jumpring size and color range available at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads.

Expert chainmaille artist Sue Ripsch demonstrates how to start the helm chain or Celtic line chainmaille technique using jump rings. A handy 3-D graphic is enlarged to show the intricate steps.

Learn all about gold-filled jumprings, including what gold-filled is, and the large selection of these favorite jewelry-making findings available at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads.

Author and artist Sue Ripsch demonstrates a Turkish roundmaille weave with jump rings to create intricate chain mail jewelry. Enlarged 3-D graphics illustrate each step to make following along easy.

See how to open a jumpring without misshaping the wire, and also how to close jumprings properly, in this quick video tutorial led by expert jewelry maker and educator, Tammy Honaman.