Last Tuesday, 27th November, our speaker was Reece Dixon, currently a tour guide at Weta Workshop. But Reece is also a jewellery artist and chainmail expert.
Reece has been making chainmail jewellery and armour for over a decade now. As jewellery, for Jack Gohan Design, and for film with Weta Workshop for the last six years. Reece worked extensively on chainmail and costume armour components for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. It all started after a battle and the need for better armour was the result and, lacking a forge at that time, chainmail was the answer. In time fighting took a back seat and creating new and beautiful things took over and jewellery, blacksmithing, knife making and learning the old and sometimes forgotten ways of doing things became a passion. A variety of mad projects and crazy ideas come out of his jewellery company alias Jack Gohan Design, http://www.jackgohandesign.co.nz. Reece handed around samples of his chainmail suit and this chainmail inspired jewellery example.
As this was the last formal evening of the year, our grateful thanks and a small Christmas gift was also presented to our faithful supporters; the Tawa Bowling Club bar crew, and our caterers from Fine Cuisine.
