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About Me Traditional Art / Hobbyist Member pktmerlin85Female/United States Recent Activity
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Why do I chainmaille?

Because its one of the few things in my life I have complete control over. The rings always behave in predictable manners. About the only randomness is where the rings fall when I drop them, and how tangled a weave gets when its in an unstable form.

Its also one of the few things I do where even self-deprecating me can see that I'm really good at it. I can't deny that I make fantastic and awesome looking jewelry. Maybe not the most inventive and creative yet, but I'm still learning a lot. I'm in the mimic phase of learning the craft, I haven't quite hit the point where I understand it enough to be truly creative. The chainmaille 'Real Book' that I'm making up for my personal use will help me document what I know, and help me document new weaves and variations as I either create them or learn them. Don't get me on my soap box about nomenclature and organization of weaves on Mailleartisans.org...

So many other things in my life are out of my hands, and so much that I do may amaze my friends but I can see how much better they need to be before I'll consider it good. I'm trying to convince myself that I've had a good day when I do something toward keeping my household clean and organized and I work on a chainmaille doodad. Jewelry projects rarely take me more than a couple hours - its easy to finish one in two days in my spare time.

Anyway - enough depressed ramblings from me. I need to get off the computer and go play bluegrass at the Frisco Farmer's Market (Coleman and Main, for those in the DFW area - every saturday morning!)

As always, my stuff is for sale
etsy -> [link]
facebook ->[link]
See a chainmaille piece you like? Check my Etsy shop, and if its not there just shoot me a message and I'll work it out. I'm also available for custom pieces, but because I'm doing this on the side my lead times for custom work vary a lot.

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Elizabeth Patton
Artist | Hobbyist | Traditional Art
United States
I'm a motorcycle-riding musician that plays with paints and inks when I'm bored.
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~CynthiaDesgagne May 8, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for the :+fav: on my chainmaille!

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I'll sell my chainmaille bracelets, necklaces and earrings on Etsy soon! ^^
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~Zeroignite Apr 8, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Gettin' watched makes me majorly happy ^_^

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Favorites make me happy. Watches make me happier!
Watermarks make me sad. I want to see your art!
I have a store and it isn't Etsy! [link]
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~pktmerlin85 Apr 8, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
you do some neat stuff. I watched so I can get some ideas of some of the other stuff I could possibly do, and build on. drooling over weaves on mailleartisans.org only goes so far.

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"You're never more alive than when you're on the cusp of madness. And you can live a lifetime in that little wedge of craziness." -Alton Brown- Entrepreneur, Chef, and Motorcyclist.
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~Zeroignite Apr 8, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
MAIL can be a great resource, but it's the search is broken and the pictures are all tiny. Glad to be an inspiration!<3

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Favorites make me happy. Watches make me happier!
Watermarks make me sad. I want to see your art!
I have a store and it isn't Etsy! [link]
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~eloisa Mar 3, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you for the Fav!:)

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* Ho fondato una nuova religione. Credimi.
I established a new religion. Trust in me. *
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*drachenmagier Dec 14, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you very much for the watch! Always an honor when someone likes my works! :heart:
Have some Llama while they are still warm!
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*JCallius Jul 13, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you very much for the fav :)

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Please, let me know what you think of my gallery!
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Nice craft art!
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~pktmerlin85 May 28, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
thank you! I don't do as much as I'd like, but it's a lot of fun

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"You're never more alive than when you're on the cusp of madness. And you can live a lifetime in that little wedge of craziness." -Alton Brown- Entrepreneur, Chef, and Motorcyclist.
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:iconplunderbunny7:
I've made a lot myself, but now I have hardly time for that stuff... :(
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