Steel cable Chain

In my new design I decided to keep the oval end bits but this time I would loop it around and make my links that way. This should make it have more volume it will also crate negative space and make it look lite and airy. I am most happy with the bottom design because it will create a more three dimensional shape.

Razor wire

I was not happy with my earlier chain designs I felt they were to boring. I saw some razor wire and liked the way it made up volume out of these very thin pieces of wire. I then thought I should do something similar to make links for my chain.

Steel cable Chain

I started looking at what jewelery could make use of the tensile strength steel cable can provide. I decided that a chain would be a good place to start these are the 1st designs that came to mid it is basically a rectangular link where two of the sides are made up of steel cable. I decided that the silver end pieces should be oval to make it more interesting to look at and to tie it in with the parabolic shape of my other pieces.

Steel cable tension ring

In this ring I was exploring tension. The idea was that the silver was supposed to act like a spring and pull on the steel cable to keep it under tension. It did not work as I intended the metal was not springy enough and I had problems crimping the cable while it was under tension. I would still like to explore this more I need to find a better way of securing the cable to do this.

Bone China neck piece with Steel Cable

This was my 1st attempt at using steel cable I am happy with the way it looks, but i feel that the steel cable was not used to its full potential. I did take advantage of the spring steel cable has. it allowed me to make a very open design because the steel cable keeps it shape. I could have used spring steel wire for this and it would have done it better. I also did not use tension on the steel in any way. I am not happy with how i used the steel cable in this piece.

Past Steel Cable attemts

I have tried to use steel cable in the past but i have never been happy with the results. I feel i need to push the material more and take more advantage of it tensile strength

Steel cable

I have always loved the way steel cable is used in architecture. I like how it creates negative space and how it makes things look lite. I am also interested in the fact that it has a very high tensile strength because of the way it is constructed. I want to see how I can apply this to jewellery I want to use the cable in the same way it is used in architecture. I want to take advantage of its tensile strength to make something lite and delicate looking, but it must actually be very strong.