Chain Number Two - Sidetrack

Chain number two is actually complete.   I'm a little behind in blogging.  Before I post the finished chain, I want to write about this direction I started in, then turned back and clarified my criteria.   

While working on this chain, I made a link different than the rest.  It involves two layers separated by two sections of tubing, and tube riveted together.  It's kind of like a link of a bicycle chain. After I connected this link to the rest, I considered making a centerpiece for the chain, making more of a symmetrical necklace (as seen in my sketch in the top photo).

But I just didn't feel good about where this was heading.  It was seeming a little too cyborg or something. I kind of liked the new link, and maybe it will be the start of another chain, but I wanted to take it out, set it aside for awhile.

For this ten chain project, I realized I'm most interested in chain-likeness.  Chains with varying links, similar in form and function, with no dominant center.  I think I partially made this decision to keep it simple, and not let too many ideas creep into one chain.  Tune in to the way the forms are repeating.  Pay attention to how slight differences in the links affect the way they connect and move.

The links of this chain are connected by a tab folded over then riveted with aluminum tubing.  The green circle is a piece of anodized aluminum.  I was curious how the anodized material would hold up with the patina and in the tumbler.