About Me - Pamela Barr
My passion for chainmail began over ten years ago with the creation of a full shirt for myself to wear at Renaissance festivals and geeky conventions. I had always admired the chainmail that others wore to such events, and I thought it would be fun to try my hand at making a shirt of my own. I had no idea at the time that the singular project would be the spark for an entire business.
Now I'm excited to share my joy of chainmail with others. After making my shirt I wanted to make other things with chainmail such as bracelets, earrings, dice bags, and fidget toys. I also wanted to work with different metals, more colors, and new weaves. My shirt was made from silver-colored aluminum with the European 4-in-1 weave. It’s the weave that most people picture when they think of chainmail since that’s what knights in Medieval Europe wore. My shirt is by no means historically accurate as it's made of aluminum instead of steel and uses butted rings instead of riveted rings, but it's a piece I'm very proud of.
Over the years, I’ve now learned dozens of other weaves and have enjoyed incorporating all kinds of different colors, patterns, and metals into the pieces I make. I’m always impressed how the same weave can look completely different depending on which colors are used and how they are arranged. It is my hope that you can share that fun by using this site as a guide to pick out some truly unique pieces. I’ve organized everything centered around the idea of customization. Within most of the board categories pictured on the home page are several options for specific types and then even more options for patterns and colors. And all of the example photos shown are just a tiny portion of the many thousands of iterations possible.
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