What I am working on now....Spring Line Sneak Peek

I have really been in the groove lately working on my Body Armour Spring Line. It was actually really hard to stop working on new pieces I am designing to take some pics. of some of the completed designs but here are two of them at least. Hundreds of stainless steel rings have been opened and closed by hand to make the chainmaille and chains in these two pieces. All of the chains in both pieces are handmade. When I come up for air again I will price these and list them in both my Etsy and Art Fire Shop.

Euro 4-in-1 weave Harness/Necklace/Sash

Byzantine Lace Collar with Detachable Shoulder Harness

New Body Armor Design's & Photo's

Body Armor Autumn 2010...

 Gold Mesh Body Harness

Gold Chain Mail Breast Plate

Time Flies Antiqued Brass Hand Harness/Bracelet

Braided Gold Obsidian Jasper Shoulder Piece

Nickel Chain Maille Asymmetrical Choker/Shoulder Harness

Gold Mother of Pearl Buckeled Gold Pearl Neck/Shoulder/Back Piece

Antiqued Brass & Garnet Slave Bracelet

Phoenix Design Artisan Jewelry

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Kim Coleman

The 4th of July Weekend has sparked creativity!

Wow, yesterday I posted my first completed Chainmaille prototype;  an asymmetrical silver nickel shoulder harness. 

Draped Back Silver & Gunmetal Harness w/ Vintage Button Epaulets

As soon as I hit the publish button I was back at my work station, sketching, going through boxes of various supplies as idea upon idea washed over me like a tidal wave. 

I have to admit that I have been in a kind of slump, lacking inspiration and forgetting the joy in this chosen path I am following as summer sales have grown flat and bills keep on coming.

Draped Back Silver & Gunmetal Harness w/ Vintage Button Epaulets

So thank you to the "4th of July" muse for reminding me of the joy it is to do what you really love to do.

I am pleased to give you yet a second preview of "Chainmaille" which will be featured in my upcoming fall line. 

Silver Nickel Chainmaille Shoe Spat

Restoration Project for J

"Be daring, be different be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary." - Cecil Beaton

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