After completing the loop in loop sections that I need for my next project, I realized that it was just too big. Not comically so, but the links don't match the scale. We know from the museum that the whole piece is about 13" long, with a pendant that looks, to me, to be maybe about 1/2". I'm eyeballing that, it's not provided in the description. My pendant is closer to 1", so I'm shooting for 6" chain sections. I have maybe half the links that the original has, in the same approximate length. Again, I don't think this looks bad, and I'm still going to finish it.
That said, I wanted to try a 3/8" mandrel and see what that resulted in. I think it looks much better. It may still be a little big, but it's substantially closer. I also have a 5/16" mandrel, but I'd want to reduce the wire gauge. Since I want to use the material that I already have on hand, I'm going to stick with the 3/8" for the second version.
Here's the original that I'm working to emulate. My pendants are both going to be agates, and of course, my metal is silver. So it's going to be close, but not exact.
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