Petersen's "Great Wire Jewelry" has good instructions for Queen's chain. If you can make Byzantine, you already know how to make this one. |
Queen's chain with dog bone links
(also called Box chain because it has a square cross section) Chain: beefy 16ga sterling silver Links: 10mm(?) glass beads with 6mm(?) sterling silver rounds and 14ga collar rings on 16ga dog bone links. The dog bones are large 16ga rings soldered closed and formed into a dog bone shape. One end loop was squeezed closed with pliers, annealed, and then threaded through a collar ring, the three beads, and the second collar ring. The closed end was then opened and rounded out with an awl and gentle hammering. Photo: Brain Ng of photograph-ng.com |