MTV Movie Awards Gift Lounge - The Journey So Far

Well it's been almost two months since I've announced that I will be participating at the MTV Movie Awards Gift Lounge presented by GBK Production through my membership with The Artisan Group.  I've been working feverishly coiling and cutting over 10,000 little brass, stainless steel, copper and bronze rings and getting them connected together to make 100 Chainmaille Pendants that will be inside the Celebrity Swag Bags.

So far I am please to say 65 Pendants are made and ready for me to do the final tweaks.  As long as I keep doing my personal quota of five pendants per day, I should be completely done by the end of this month.  However there are other things I need to do such as labeling, packaging, writing out my bio, making sure I have enough business cards.

Dodecahedron Chainmaille Balls

The picture above is a sampling of what I've been doing.  These little chainmaille balls, called Dodecahedron, will be the focus of the pendants I'm making.  It takes 96 little rings to make up one ball, really fun!  I'm not going to post the finished piece quite yet..  Still want it to be a bit of a surprise.... I can tell you the name of these pendants..... Fidget.

I can, however, show you the creation that will be displayed at the table during the event.  It's one of my Signature Chainmaille Tree of Life Decor...

Chainmaille Tree of Life Home Decor

I still haven't given it a name yet... still got some time for that.

So there you go... with some planning and scheduling, I am half way there and will be ready for the big day in June.

MTV Movie Awards Gift Lounge - The Journey Begins

I have exciting news for everyone!

Through The Artisan Group,  One hundred of my Chainmaille Creations to be given out to celebrities that will attend the 2012 MTV Movie Awards Gift Lounge presented by GBK Productions.

These Creations will be placed in swag bags together with other great Artists who belong to The Artisan Group.

We will also have one of our Creations at The Artisan Group display table during the two day event for photo opportunities with the celebrities who visit.

The MTV Movie Awards date is set for June 3, 2012. The Celebrity Gift Lounge is slated for the same weekend.

Now the fun part.. to prepare all the little jump rings in order to make one hundred gifts.  I have already started coiling and cutting wire, then to the tumbler those little rings go.  Preparing the rings is a tedious task, in total I will need to make approximately 10,000 rings in various gauges, sizes, and metals.

What exactly am I going to make?  Well that's a bit of a secret right now... in the mean time here's a picture of some little rings I will be using,

20 gauge, 5/32" ID Jeweler's Brass

There's approximately 1,200 Jeweler's Brass rings.. and that's only the beginning.

I'll be posting updates of how I'm doing in future posts... Stay tuned!



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