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Chainmaille Choker With Mouse Skull Cameo

Chainmaille weave in three sizes with handmade cameo

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/chainmaille-choker-with-mouse-skull-cameo • Posted by Zombie unicorn

This is actually a basic 4-in-1 chainmaille pattern, but the links are three different sizes (and materials), which gives it an interesting snakey texture. The edges are accented with forest green glass seed beads. The mouse skull was reclaimed from an owl pellet, cleaned, sanitized, sealed and cameo set by yours truly.

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

12 h 00

Difficulty

So-so
Medium 2012 06 12 19.25.46

Description

This is actually a basic 4-in-1 chainmaille pattern, but the links are three different sizes (and materials), which gives it an interesting snakey texture. The edges are accented with forest green glass seed beads. The mouse skull was reclaimed from an owl pellet, cleaned, sanitized, sealed and cameo set by yours truly.

Instructions

  1. Small 2012 12 12 08.15.04

    If you don't know how to make chainmaille and are interested in giving it a try, there are lots of great online tutorials. I recommend cgmaille.com.

  2. Small 2012 06 12 19.17.30

    Real skulls, and mouse skull jewelry in particular, have been popular for the last couple of years. The problem is, they're EXPENSIVE and you you have no way of knowing if they ethecially source their materials. So I made my own using bones out of an owl pellet, which you can buy online or in science discovery try shops for a dollar or two.