Clasp As Focal Point Finished Piece

Here it is:

I really enjoyed making the chain and I love how it looks, the only thing is holding the small coils and cutting them with the jewelers saw really hurt my fingers after a while. Now they're all calloused. I want to continue to explore coloring metal with Prisma colors, i think I might incorporate it somewhere on my next project as well. The clasp isn't shown in the picture but its a sister clasp. Its a small one so its hidden. I really like the look, feel and ease of that kind of clasp. Its a bit more complex but still relatively easy to make and super versatile.

Alas for Problems

sooo like in every project, you always run into some issues. I planned on making the "idiots delight" chain with 18 guage wire. Well what I didn't know is that finding a 5/32 dowel is close to impossible. I checked several hardware and craft stores. Once I couldn't find it in the store, I decided to modify a bigger dowel to the right size but sanding it down was waaaay too difficult to keep the width consistent. I ended up deciding to order new wire in a different guage that I already had the correct dowel size for. I couldn't find the color I wanted in 16 guage so I went for 20. Who knew I had to buy the dowel, then the wire. I'm glad I could make it work and didn't have to settle for a less tight chain or change what type of chain i was making.