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On my family holidays as a young teenager we always went to Scotland, mostly to the Isle of Skye and I have really fond memories of walking out and about on the island.
I discovered the art of...

its the Aspect Ratio - the inner diameter of the ring divided by the thickness of the wire. CGMaille has a good article as does maillartisans.org.

Mizgeorge - I usually use 20g 1/8th rings, 4 AR...

4250 Just to put my two pennorth in, I often use 1.2 mm wire to make byzantine chains and the best ID I've found is 5 mm, this picture was using ringlord rings and their AR is 4.1
I personally find...

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hmmm that raises some questions... I've never thought to use firescale on purpose, how would you get consistent results though?

Also, is my picture tio small? I posted it via my phone and not seen...

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Here is my entry, my favourite technique at the moment is etching. I was inspired by Charles Rennie MacIntosh for the rose design and lightly domed the disc to give the pendant some body.
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random post, have you looked on the website mailleartisans.org? I've not looked recently but I recall a lot of info on making jumprings, among other things ;-)

Use a blob of blu-tac to catch the solder or cup your hand round the snips.