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chainmail juggling balls by ~DonaIvanova:iconDonaIvanova:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Metal Work

©2006-2009 ~DonaIvanova
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18ga nickel silver and enameled copper wire, 3.5mm ID rings.

Each of these has apporximately 750 rings in it. These were a gift for my brother. He still needs two more, one of which I've finished, and the other I intend to do by Christmas.

These take forever. Ok, so I guess it's not too long, but each ball was taking me about 8 hours of solid work. I think the latest one I finished only took me about 6, but that's still quite a while for something so small. When finished, they're only about 5.5cm in diameter (~2 1/4" for if you prefer English measurements).

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:iconjinari-sama:
!jinari-sama Oct 20, 2006, 9:34:45 AM
I've never tried to do chains of any kind, or chainmail for that matter...looks like a LOT of work!! great job!! :D
:icondonaivanova:
~DonaIvanova Oct 20, 2006, 4:39:53 PM
Thanks! And thanks for the fav, too!

--
"No the cat can't collapse the wavefunction, the cat -is- the wavefunction!"
-R. Schoonover
:iconjinari-sama:
!jinari-sama Oct 21, 2006, 8:38:00 AM
welcome!! and thanks so much for the fav's and watch too!! :D
:iconpoeso:
*Poeso Oct 28, 2006, 1:35:47 PM
Those are awesome!

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I am spinning with longing, faster than a roulette wheel.
This is not who I meant to be, this is not how I meant to feel
– Ani DeFranco
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~singsorrow Dec 12, 2006, 1:41:47 AM
Are they filled with anything? These seem like they'd be good as juggling balls, though I have no experience - they'd have nice weight to them.
:icondonaivanova:
~DonaIvanova Dec 12, 2006, 3:36:50 AM
Actually, that's an interesting story... My brother and I went looking for balls to wrap in chainmail so that the end result would be the right weight, and not too heavy. We looked all over the place, and finally found this little toy shop that was selling Harry Potter golden snitches. The were the right size, and only the very center was filled with bean-like stuff, most of it was cotton, so the ball was nice and light, yet still kept a nice round shape, and they were the perfect size. So we spent the afternoon carefully clipping the little pearly white angel wings off the snitches... I felt kinda bad about it.

I think in future I'll just stuff them with cotton balls wrapped in cloth or something. Mainly because I know I'll never find those again.

--
"No the cat can't collapse the wavefunction, the cat -is- the wavefunction!"
-R. Schoonover
:iconsingsorrow:
~singsorrow Dec 13, 2006, 1:47:26 AM
Lol, you should have stocked up. I can imagine these juggling balls being popular all round.

Chainmail looks hellishly tricky.

Do they hurt the hands when you catch them?
:icondonaivanova:
~DonaIvanova Dec 13, 2006, 2:03:16 AM
Actually they're really soft, and don't hurt to catch at all. The chainmail gives well over a suitably squishy ball. I think they feel neat. Just about everyone who picks one up has to play with it for a while =P I know there's at least some interest in chainmail juggling balls and hackey sacks, but most people use larger rings, and actually form the ball shape by using progressively smaller rings toward the top and bottom of the ball, kinda like this: [link] Mine are way better. :nod: =P

And chainmail isn't really hard, once you get the gist. It just takes some practice, and it's time consuming to do.

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"No the cat can't collapse the wavefunction, the cat -is- the wavefunction!"
-R. Schoonover
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