Join us and jewelry designer and author, Karen Karon, for chain maille beginners! More experienced students are also welcome. The class will begin with a presentation covering the basics of chain maille (using tools, handling jump rings, opening/closing techniques, common weaving problems and fixes, chain maille terminology, etc.). After the presentation, students will learn the Byzantine weave, and create your very own Byzantine weave bracelet!
Karen has been weaving maille for almost 18 years and is thrilled for her debut workshop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, only at the Portsmouth Book Nook! She will walk us through the basics of creating your very own chain maille bracelet - perfect for beginners and the holidays!
Karen teaches chain maille and scale maille classes and workshops at Metalwerx School for Jewelry and Metal Arts, at local venues, and also provides private chain maille/scale maille instruction. In addition, Karen is a certified PMC (Precious Metal Clay) artisan. Karen has written articles for Art Jewelry, Bead Style, Bead&Button and Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazines and is the author of Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop and Advanced Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop, both published by Interweave. Karen’s work was included in the following juried exhibitions: Making Moves, 2020 and Outside the Lines, 2021 at Monique Rancourt Artisan Gallery, in Waltham, Massachusetts and Earrings Galore 2022-23 curated by Heidi Lowe Gallery in Lewes, Delaware. Karen was also an artist in the 2022 MAD About Jewelry show at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
