Maker Faire Baton Rouge 2023
Let there be Lasers! And Chainmail.
Home: Louisiana, United States
We will be creating and selling jewelry and dice bags made of chainmail - stainless steel rings woven into intricate designs. We will also be selling objects made using the Library Makerspace's Epilog laser, that all can be personalized.
Makers
Graham Bateman
Graham Bateman is a retired attorney who specialized in immigration law. She enjoys using the Library's fabulous Makerspaces, and hopes to be able to partner with nonprofits to create items - such as personalized water bottles - that they can use in their fundraising.
Axel Ohmstede
Axel Ohmstede is a retired Telecommunication Analyst who got his start as a maker with a sizable legos collection. His enjoyment playing Dungeons & Dragons lead to a curiosity about medieval armor. After a short stint with the Society of Creative Anachronism, a friendly armorer taught him how to make chainmail rings in bulk. Within a month, he had his first chainmail shirt made of all the spare metal coat hangers in his neighborhood. It is now a few decades and more than a million rings assembled later and he still loves knitting mail, be it jewelry for his wife, dice bags for his friends, or the occasional commission for a piece of cos-play armor.
What Inspired You to Make This?
The joy of creating something and seeing it take shape.
