Chain maille bracelet with pearls

My first wire work! Not so long time ago, I was surfing the Internet, and found many interesting tutorials how to make jewelries of wire. One bracelet tutorial made in chain maille technique seemed to be easy to make even for beginners like me :)

I'd like to share how I made this chain maille bracelet with pearl.

I made jump rings of sterling silver filled wire (18 ga, half hard). The rings have to be a little bit bigger than beads.

To make first bracelet link, connected 4 rings as it shown on the picture.

Then keeping them in fingers fingers as shown on the image below, I "opened" the rings forming them in a shape of nest. Places a pearl bead inside the nest.

Then, closed upper rings like it shown on the picture...

... and connected them with two more jump rings. This rings are starting next chain maille bracelet link.

Again... opened rings to make a nest, placed a bead inside.

Closed the rings and connected with more jump rings.

And so on until the bracelet is needed length. In the end, I attached a clasp, and the bracelet is ready to wear :)

And there are earrings to match the bracelet. :)

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