Chainmaille By MBOI

Welcome to Chainmaille By MBOI

Andrew — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:20:18 +0000

Chainmaille is an ancient art that dates back before the 5th century. The process involves interweaving rings of various sizes into intricate patterns to create wearable metal art. In ancient times, chainmaille served the useful purpose of protecting soldiers in battle; but, since there are very few jousting matches happening on modern streets, chainmaille has evolved into wearable art. ChainmailleByMBOI creates pieces using a variety of metals including Sterling Silver, Copper, Aluminum, Brass, and Bronze. Almost any pattern that you see can be created from a different metal so if you don’t see exactly what you are looking for, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to begin a special order for you.

Bracelets

Sterling Silver	Copper	Bronze	Coming Soon Brass
Silver Aluminum	Colored Aluminum	Stainless Steel	Mixed Metals

Necklaces and Pendants

Sterling Silver

Copper

Bronze

Brass

Silver Aluminum

Colored Aluminum

Image Coming Soon

Stainless Steel

Mixed Metals

Lanyards

Sterling Pendant

Copper Pendant

Earrings

Sterling Silver

Copper

Aluminum

Sea Glass

Stainless Steel

Mixed Metals

Key-chains and Charms

Kits and Tutorials

Chunky Sterling Silver Roundmaille Bracelet

Andrew — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:58:47 +0000

We have been busy putting out orders and working on other projects so we haven’t been putting up many new projects; so I would like to proudly show you our latest piece, you may have seen this before but not is this ring size and gauge. This is a sterling silver roundmaille bracelet made using 18ga awg 4mm rings, this is the chunkiest one we’ve made to date. Most of our roundmaille pieces have been either 19ga or 20 ga, so making this piece in 18ga was nice. It feels substantial on the wrist as it has a little weight. This piece was made as a special order for one of our returning customers. The bracelet is actually 9″ long as is it made to fit a man 6′ 6″ tall, so I just used my own wrist to size it as I’m 6′ 3″ and figured I’d be close enough LOL . In the new year we are planning on revamping this website and adding a whole bunch of new products. We have been so busy with shows and life in general that we neglected updating this site as much as we could or should. Anyway hang in there to the new year and hopefully you will see some pretty cool changes to site and pieces of chainmaille to make you smile.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas

Andrew & Kimberly

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Chainmaille on the HAFshop

Makin the Best of It Revamped

Andrew — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:24:32 +0000

Just a quick update here, Kimberly owner and founder of Making the Best of it has spent several days working on revamping MBOI’s website! I don’t know how she has time to do these things with all the custom wedding invitation and toasting glass orders but she seems to squeeze it in somehow. Take a peak at the new design and drop us a note or leave a comment so we know what you think.

For those of you who do not know Makin’ the Best of It is also the creator of Chainmaille By MBOI. The MBOI stands for Makin’ the Best of it. We choose to separate the two sites as the work is so different, we found it hard to mix painting and chainmaille LOL. Although hopefully we will be able to tie them together somehow. I know Kimberly is still wracking here brain on figuring out that one. Kimberly and her husband Andrew are the forces behind MBOI, Kimberly is the creative force and Andrew is the brute force. In other words Kimberly keeps Andrew in line. To learn more about MBOI check out the about us page or drop us a note.

Chainmaille By MBOI Feature on Copper Wire Jewelers

Andrew — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:30:50 +0000

Pretty cool, we are featured on the 5th edition of the Copper Wire Jewelers. Thanks so much guys for taking the time and attention to write such a lovely online magazine and include us!

The write up gives a little history on Chainmaille By MBOI as well as goes into our work outside our chainmaille business into our support of handmade in general.

Chainmaille by MBOI first started as Makin’ the Best of It which is the parent company if you will, hence MBOI. We then got this wild and crazy idea to start a forum to support handmade, then the Handmade Artists’ Forum was born. After that we went totally out of our mind and started the Handmade Artists’ Shop, these sites as well as our own shops have become our passion. Through a lot of blood sweet and tears we continue to work our butts off the support handmade and continue to create new pieces for our own collections.

Hope you enjoy the article and thanks so much to Lois for publishing it for us!

Copper Elfsheet Elegance

Andrew — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:44:40 +0000

Elfweave is definitely a plier thrower kind of weave (just ask my kids as they ducked when my pliers flew by)! I made a sterling silver piece for Kimberly last year and wouldn’t allow her to sell it because I didn’t want to remake it! Well, she wasn’t happy with that and taught herself the weave and the result is this lovely copper bracelet. The piece is made with solid copper and measures 8″ long. This lovely bracelet is held secure with a solid copper slide clasp which really finishes the bracelet of nicely. Polished within a inch of it’s life, this bracelet is looking for a good home.

Custom Order Viperscale Wedding Set

Andrew — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:32:17 +0000

Custom Order reserved for Alison. Sterling silver Viperscale bracelet 7″ long with a filigree clasp and an 18″ Viperscale necklace with a filigree clasp as well. This price includes express shipping to the UK.

Sold and Relisted the Celtic Collection is Available again!

Andrew — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:04:01 +0000

Been busy remaking all the pieces in our Celtic collection and finally we finished. Take a peak and get them while there hot! LOL

Seriously the Celtic pieces have been a big hit, hope you enjoy them.

Thanks,

Andrew and Kimberly

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Chainmaille By MBOI Hits the Road!

Andrew — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:32:04 +0000

We’ll we have been selling online and crafts shows for years now, but we never really put our jewelry in any brick and mortar shops until now.

We started last year some time in a local shop Idiosyncrazies located on Bay Avenue in Point Pleasant, NJ and have now included Hollyhocks located on West Clay Street, Suite C in Mebane, NC. Sharon of Idiosyncrazies and Teresa of Hollyhocks have been just phenomenal to work with, I’m so pleased with the experience so far. So if your in New Jersey or in North Carolina stop by and see our work up close and personal, you might also find some other cool treasures!

Sterling Silver Half Persian 4 in 1 Bracelet

Andrew — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:32:49 +0000

This Half Persian 4 in 1 bracelet is 8 inches long and is held secure with a sterling silver filigree clasp. We have made and sold this piece many times at local shows but this is the first time it has hit the web! This chainmaille bracelet started out as a pile of wire that we then coiled and saw cut to create perfect jump rings. This weave although intricate is rather quick to make so we are able to cut our labor down and offer it a great price. This weave can also be made into a necklace or anklet, so just contact us if you have any questions or want to place a custom order.

Sterling Silver Celtic Dreams Bracelet

Andrew — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:32:00 +0000

This chainmaille bracelet is made using the same chain as our Celtic Collection with no star focal. The story goes, we had a home party displaying our jewelry and glassware from Makin’ the Best of It and one of our customers just loved the Celtic weave but not the star. So I thought to myself good idea, believe it or not we have always made this piece with the star and has always been one of our most popular patterns. With or without the star this bracelet is just beautiful, I think our friend has good taste. This chainmaille bracelet measures 8 inches long and is held secure with a sterling silver toggle clasp. All of our sterling silver jump rings are made right here in our studio and are saw cut for perfect closures. If you have any questions concerning this piece or any of our work please just contact us and we’ll get right back to you.