Voting for April’s Featured Weave contest is officially closed and the winner as chosen by you is…… Catherine H. with her piece “Warrior One” Congratulations, Catherine! Your creativity has earned you a B3 gift certificate for $25! To claim your prize, please send an email to [email protected]. FEATURED WEAVE FOR MAY – Helm… Read more »
Tag: wearable art
“Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder” Online Jewelry Exhibition
We came across this very cool online, International, jewelry exhibition on Wearable Art Blog today (a blog we highly recommend – they feature tons of inspiring things on there!) As we were clicking through, we noticed not one but two pieces made by B3 Ambassador Vanessa Walilko. You all know Vanessa as a very talented… Read more »
Ask an Artist: How can I get started selling my chainmaille jewelry?
B3 Owner, Rebeca Mojica with Vanessa Walilko of Kali Butterfly and Kat Wisniewski of Elemental Art Jewelry Here at B3, we take pride in making ourselves the artists’ choice for chainmaille supplies. As such, we find ourselves lucky enough to be surrounded by, well, chainmaille artists! Taking the leap from making chainmaille jewelry as a… Read more »
Through chainmaille, I have found my patience.
Clothes are a representation of our culture: an expression of an industrialized society where repetition is used in the service of the assembly line. In my pieces, the intensive handwork makes the process the most important part and gives me my inspiration. Chainmaille has been the catalyst to every other medium I excel in. All… Read more »
Lady Gaga in Maille
I love seeing chainmaille in the media, and was pretty tickled to find these photos of Lady Gaga wearing maille. The pieces are by the very talented Fannie Schiavoni and they appeared in the UK’s Q Magazine.