Exploring different forms of chain making today. One is a woven chain that take hours and hours of labor, and another that is very chain-mail-ish which takes... hours and hours of labor. Both of these things lean very heavy on technical repitition and precision.
Anybody who knows me knows that this is like giving me a papercut and pouring lemon juice in it.
But, I endeavor to stretch my tolerance in this area. It is not so much a question of skill (because frankly it doesn’t take that much relative to other techniques), no, it is more a question of tenacity and the fact that I want all of the designs for my upcoming show in july to be completely pure of any hint of added components from an outside (manufactured) source. It is not cost effective by any stretch, but it is an integrity thing as an artist.
So I will continue to plug away at these more tedious elements.