Women’s Leather Armor, by LaGueuse “The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, and does not allow the enemy’s will to be imposed upon him.” —Sun Tzu Much like…

Scale-mail Hauberk

I am approximately halfway into the scale shirt. let me catch you up on what has happened: six months ago, I bought 6000 bright brass scales and 12000 stainless steel split rings. I put them into a bucket and washed them, and began dipping them into asphaltum and placing them in rows of ten on small copper "branches". after the asphaltum dried, I took the scales off the branches and stacked them in tens. I scratched my first designs into the shiny black coat to reveal the brass that would be…

this is an image from the archive of movie costumes made by Patrick Whitaker & Keir Malem-Whitaker Malem.

Mamma Bones is a Massachusetts based fiber artist who has been knitting aluminum scales into wearable art for over 3 years. One of the first artists to create scalemail with yarn instead of rings, she hand knits every item and is especially fond of custom orders. Using knitted yarn allows for a far greater range of motion than traditional chainmail.