I take above picture at the Natural History Museum at Oxford University. 17th century or earlier “Chain mail”, these fragments of mail armor illustrate a variety of gauges and linkages but all use the common 4-in-1 weave, where each link is joined to four others. Solid rings (punched from a sheet or forge-welded) alternate with rows of joined wire links. The wire was made by pulling thin pieces of wrought iron through a 'draw plate'. This was then wrapped around a rod to form a coil and individual links snipped off. Joined links could be butted or riveted. Jumped mail was cheaper, but more vulnerable to penetration.
I prefer the form of weaving compared to full-coverage armor. The armor removes the part of the body and also has the meaning of display inner part. In the selection of the armor, the armor in the form of a mask was first selected (taking into account the traces of tears on the entire face), and then the armor extended to the heart. (similar to "psychological waa of defense")
After weaving some accessories, I tried to place them on various parts of the body and began to think about how to combine them with salt tablets. 1. Armor made of salt, I thought the form like squama. Punch holes in each piece of salt and hang them on armor. One layer covers the other, some are dense, and some are sparse. 2. Another way of inspiration comes from the experiment of wire and salt that I have done before. After time passing, the salt crystals naturally cover the original wire frame, and the thicker salt armor also implies the psychological wall of defence be thicker.
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