On Monday June 3rd, my group and I went shopping for supplies at Michaels craft store. We ended up purchasing a few items to supplement the things that Dylyn's mom already had from doing trichinopoly before. She is the one actually teaching us the process for making trichinopoly chains which she had learnt through crafting groups of various sorts. Dylyn's mom owned 20, 26, and 28 gauge wire which we assumed was probably a silverish mental alloy of some kind or copper. We purchased: 20 gauge copper wire, 18 gauge aluminum wire which is rather large for trichinopoly, 24 gauge brass plated wire, and 24 gauge german style silver plated brass and copper wire. Sadly, none of the wire packaging had labels concerning the metal content of the wires so some guessing and online searching took place. Going larger than 18 gauge may be difficult since the next common size up from 18 is a 16 gauge wire which is rather thick and difficult to work with. For reference... nostril piercing jewelry is made out of 18 gauge material which is usually bendable and jewelry used in an eyebrow is typically 16 gauge and quite solid. We also bought different sizes of dowels: 5/16", 1/2", and 7/16" to test diameter differences if the other materials allow for it. By that I mean providing the paddle which the dowels are pulled through to tighten the chain will fit the dowels. We have not yet seen the equipment involved in person.
All of us are rather excited to start the process Saturday morning now that we have all these new materials. Our research questions will probably need some reformulation after this purchase because of realizing what is available to us. I will be posting more photos of the process this weekend.
- Maia
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