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Chain Maille Banner for HABA
Richard and Joe Myers
at Kleb Nature Center
in Tomball
Every year about this time, we realize the outdoor venue for a demo gets to be challenging for all, so we will work indoors with air conditioning on a special group project to create a new HABA Banner using chain maille. We will gather at the Kleb Nature Center Conference Room for the day (20301 Mueschke Road west and south of Tomball). The project will be led by Richard Myers from Corpus Christi and his brother Joe Myers of Dayton in the assembly of patches of chain maille into a handsome HABA Banner that will be more weather resistant than our first edition. You have seen this in the movies, and now you can make it yourself or become a better informed purchaser!
Chain maille is a simple construction of metal rings weaved into a garment used for personal protection since antiquity by many diverse cultures aroud the world. Using different metals, the weaved panel becomes an object of art.
Participants will see a live demo of making maille links from wire, and then assembly to a fabric. To facillitate our project, we will have a bucket of pre-cut links to use for assembly. The banner will be mostly steel links, with brass features to spell HABA and an anvil.
Please join us on Saturday Aug 16 at the Kleb Park, and tour the facillities as well. Our previous meeting and visit are available on our Flickr Photo site.
This announcement contains numerous hyper-links to sites of additional information. Try them out by clicking the underlined words. Enjoy!
Here are some new and suggested links for your convenience.....go for the Gold!
- Dylon Whyte's Art of Chain Mail
- More Pattern Tutorials from Dylon Whyte
- The Art of Chain Mail by Dylon Whyte
- Butted Mail: A Mailmaker's Guide
- The Apprentice Armorer's Illustrated Handbook For Making Mail
- Phong's Chainmaille Tutorials
- Erik D. Schmid/The Mail Research Society
- Maille Artisans International League
Photos are available on our Flickr web site at HABA Maille....
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When & Where :
Saturday, August 16 :
The schedule looks like this for Saturday morning:
- 8:00 am : Sign in and setup
- 8:30 am : HABA Meeting and Announcements
- 9:00 am : Begin Demo
- 9:30 am : Begin Workshop
- 12 pm : Break for Lunch
- 1 pm : Continue Workshop
- 3 pm : Conclude and clean up
Where :
The August HABA meeting will be at Kleb Nature Center located at 20301 Mueschke Road near Tomball but the parking lot and Nature Center are off of Draper Road. Just follow the County, Precinct 3 signs from Mueschke Road. Someone will point you in the right direction from the parking lot. Note: the hike from the Parking Lot on FM 2920 is a lot longer than the one from Draper Road.
Here is the County's map link. Directions to the Nature Center from where you live are available from this link.
What to Bring
You do not have to be a member to attend our meetings! Bring a Guest!
Bring your Membership Dues if you want to work at a forge and are not a current Member !
Minors are welcome but must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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