When making celtic knotwork jewellery, Mark likes to work with chunky, deep interlacing, to highlight the beauty of the pattern.
As with a lot of highlighted manuscripts, this bracelet is made up of repeating simple symmetrical panels of true knotwork.
When Mark designed the Chunky Wave Bracelet, he was interested in making a chunky bracelet that capitalised on silver being the most reflective metal across the visible spectrum. Mark created each link to be broad and chunky, concave and convex, and connected them with oversized jump rings which serve to compliment the links and complete the design.
Mark first made this bracelet for himself, when he wanted a chunky chain, straightforward, big and organic - that not only WAS handmade but also LOOKED handmade. He wanted each link to be different - rustic - hand formed. Bent, twisted, hammered, imperfect. And as this is how he makes these bracelets, they are all different and totally unique.
After producing the 'Chunky Hand Formed Chain' Mark felt that the universe was unstable, and therefore he was compelled to produce a square, even, carefully finished link.
The articulated bangle is exactly what the name suggests - it is a bangle in that it has no clasp and instead it pushes over the hand therefore retaining its symetrical clean and modern form. The articulation makes the bangle easy to wear - to push on, and it makes the bangle fall easily and hang naturally around the wrist.
Long after it ceased to be used for practical military applications, chain mail continued to be used for decorative purposes, and this then evolved into the use of maille in jewellery.
With this spiral maille, the spiral is held in place by fastening the chain after twisting the spiral into it. When you unfasten the chain, the spiral simply unwinds.
The articulated bangle is exactly what the name suggests - it is a bangle in that it has no clasp and instead it pushes over the hand therefore retaining its symetrical clean and modern form. The articulation makes the bangle easy to wear - to push on, and it makes the bangle fall easily around the wrist and hang naturally.
Long after it ceased to be used for practical military applications, chain mail continued to be used for decorative purposes, and this then evolved into the use of maille in jewellery.
The Byzantine Empire was part of the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages. It's capital city was Constantinople, originally known as Byzantium.
Convex shapes offer exciting reflective potential for silver - the shiniest metal across the visible spectrum. Inspired by square section punk rock studs colars and also by chocolate blocks, the Punk Rock Chocolate Block Bracelet is chunky and heavy and kinda Rock with added chic.
This box maille is chunky and solid looking, and sits wonderfully the wrist. The box is actually a piece of sheet maille traditionally used as armour, which has been 'rolled up' and 'stitched' together with another row of rings forming a chain with a box appearance.