Chainmail Victorian Top: Work in Progress

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🛠 Work in Progress with my best friend Luxor:

I am currently working on a big chainmail top and it takes huge amount of time. Luckily, I love my job and also have a very sweet companion to work with.

Speaking about the top, I designed it as a Victorian piece in my mind, but I also improvise so I change some parts as I progress. Since there is no Ctrl+Z in chainmail, it takes quite much time to make those changes and arrangements. I am looking forward to seeing the final outcome and sharing it with you as well :)

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Chainmail Necklace Inspired by “The Astrolabe”

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🛠 While making this chainmail necklace, I got inspired by the magnificent computer of the ancients: “The Astrolabe” • The name is derived from Greek astrolabos meaning "star-taker" and it is used by astronomers to predict the positions of the sun, moon, stars and the planets. 

💫 I wrote more about it in my older posts so you can check it out under the "Written By Xn" section. 

And here is the final Xn Chainmail work:

What do you think about it? Your comments are always appreciated so feel free to write!

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Chainmail Bracelet Compilation

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A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: Who is taking my 

pictures? 📷 

— It is me. I studied Photography & Video in college

 and my tripod is my best friend in such times :)

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Handmade Ruffled Chainmail Pendant

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- Handmade by the chainmail technique

- Rings used in this accessory are anti-allergenic aluminum. They don't cause any itching or irritations.

- Metal necklace chain is included

- Size can be arranged as it is wished

- It is a limited number production and a unique design of my own.

*** All the items in my gallery are sent in a special gift bag***
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For more handmade designs and give-away announcements, feel free to follow my Instagram account: 

@xnchainmail

I am happy to do customized designs as well so if you have any special requests I will see what I can do and get back to you.

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Full Persian Chainmail Medallion with a Cast Replica Coin

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- Made by the chainmail technique

- Made of anti-allergenic aluminum rings

- Made by using 107 rings and a cast replica coin.

- Sent with its metal necklace chain that can be requested short or long.

- It is a unique design of my own and only 1 available in my gallery.

*** All the items in my gallery are sent in a special gift bag***
Enjoy the Worldwide Free Shipping!

For more handmade designs and give-away announcements, feel free to follow my Instagram account: 

@xnchainmail

I am happy to do customized designs as well so if you have any special requests I will see what I can do and get back to you.

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Handmade "Sun" Pendant

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- Handmade by the chainmail technique

- Rings used in this accessory are anti-allergenic aluminum. They don't cause any itching or irritations.

- Metal necklace chain is included

- Size can be arranged as it is wished

- It is a limited number production and a unique design of my own.

*** All the items in my gallery are sent in a special gift bag***
Enjoy the Worldwide Free Shipping!

For more handmade designs and give-away announcements, feel free to follow my Instagram account: 

@xnchainmail

I am happy to do customized designs as well so if you have any special requests I will see what I can do and get back to you.

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Geometrical Handmade Chainmail Pendant - Copper Color

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- Handmade by the chainmail technique

- 44 rings are used in the pendant.

- Rings used in this accessory are anti-allergenic aluminum. They don't cause any itching or irritations

- Metal necklace chain is included

- Neck size can be arranged as it is wished

- It is a limited number production and a unique design of my own.

*** All the items in my gallery are sent in a special gift bag***
Enjoy the Worldwide Free Shipping!

For more handmade designs and give-away announcements, feel free to follow my Instagram account: 

@xnchainmail

I am happy to do customized designs as well so if you have any special requests I will see what I can do and get back to you.

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Working in Nature

Pin It Nature is my motivator, my cure, my joy and all the nice feelings that I can sense. So I prefer to work in green whenever I can. Here are some shots from my latest works, displayed in nature.

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Some New Designs from Xn Chainmail

Pin It Lately it seems I have the tendency to surround whatever I find by chainmail frames :) I hope you enjoy these new models of accessories I made by this technique. Please also feel free to leave me your opinions and suggestions:

You can check out my Instagram gallery for more designs

Coins from all around the world

My pliers are my best friends :)

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Branding of "Xn Chainmail" in Full Speed

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I had a crazy agenda of works for quite a long time (for the last 3 years), consisting of archaeological excavations, photography works and chainmail orders. I enjoy all of them big time tough :) 

Now for the last couple of months, I have been concentrating and working on carrying my chainmail brand to a further level. As a first but not last step, I had my logo renewed as you know. And after that here is my renewed business card prepared by the same professional hand "Shmart Studio":

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RING RING!

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Why not CHAINMAIL RINGS? ;)

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Pin It        While working on a piece, I also love to make improvisations. Things turn out to be very different sometimes and I like that dynamism of chainmail a lot!

      On the other hand, I do not work with tutorials and always figure out things by myself so sometimes a pendant like this can take 5 hours to finish, in order to make the ring sizes match correctly without getting too tight or loose.

I have a little, magical, very sweet inspiration as well.. You see a small part of her below but I will share more pictures in the upcoming posts :)

No, unfortunately I do not work for NASA, yet.. :) And maybe chainmail is way too heavy for them..

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NATURAL STONES IN CHAINMAIL ARMOR

Pin It I usually collect a few souvenirs from the places I have been to, but I prefer mostly the natural ones. Sometimes a small bottle of sand, sometimes leaves, shells and mostly natural stones. Instead of keeping such things in boxes, I like to see them. Glass jars, small bottles, decorative small plates are ideal for such displays. And I have one more idea to keep them even closer.

So here is a natural stone found from the seaside and surrounded by a chainmail armor (I polished this one but it can also be left unpolished): 

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Indispensable parts of me: Pliers

Pin It After almost 15 years, I can confess that I am addicted to my chainmail rings and pliers. I sincerely feel uncomfortable when I do not carry them with me so you can see me mailing in a cafe, on the ship or anywhere else. Sea shore is also one of those places :) -Yeah this is my style of resting-

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Some Preparations Before the End of Year

Pin It       Each year I decide to have my own calendar to share with all the people in my life and I start to make plans about it but I have never put it into practice. This year I -again- decided to make a mini calendar with the pictures of my chainmail pendants. And this time I rolled up the sleeves to add some new ones to my collection.

      Here are some of them:

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New Chainmail Pattern: "Eu 4 in 1 Thrice"

Pin It       As you know there are hundreds of different chainmail patterns, some of which were derived from basic weaves. Such as this new one, it is the variation of European 4 in 1 and you only double the rings with smaller sized rings. It turned out to be one of my favorite weaves actually. Here is the final work:

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Latest Chainmail Mix by Xn

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Back to chainmail again. Here are some new stuff I made in the past weeks: A shoulder piece (originally aimed to be a bra but I like the sudden change of ideas), some new pendants and a Byzantine medallion.

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İŞİNİ SEV! / LOVE YOUR JOB!

Pin It A friend of mine (Bilge Can Gürer) became a partner with (Duygu Aynur) in a very interesting and in my opinion helpful organisation called "İşinisev". It means "love your job" and their motto is: Let your dream be your job. They basicly pick role-models for each occupation and make a video-interview followed by a photo-shooting.

So one day he kindly asked me to be one of their role-models as a chainmail armor and accessory designer. It was both flattering and an exciting experience for me because I am really bad at moving infront of the camera :)

I tried to describe my job, 'how to do's, the good sides, the difficult parts, some hints, shortly, any kind of information that might be helpful to the people who are thinking about choosing accessory designing as their jobs.

I have no idea what the final interview video will look like :) but my personal page is as follows:

https://www.isinisev.com/rol-modeller/ilksen-baysaling

The web site is in Turkish for now but for those who are interested, here is the link:

https://www.isinisev.com

Instagram: @isinisev

A shot from my interview

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New Chainmail Patterns: "Scherzo" - "Rosetta" - "Serpent's Spine"

Pin It The best part of making chainmail is to be able to learn tens, even hundreds of different patterns changing from culture to culture. I also try to practise as much patterns as I can. Here are the latest ones I made:

"Scherzo" - "Rosetta" - "Serpent's Spine"

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New Photo-Shoot with Ilgın Akarsu

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Good quality and nicely planned photographs are one of the most essential features of handmade works in order to express and display them in the best possible way. I have a friend who is at the same time one of my favorite photographers, Ilgın Akarsu. Few weeks ago we had a very enjoyable photo shooting with her in her studio and she pictured some of my leading chainmail accessories and dragon eggs. 

Here are the final images of some of these pieces:

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