Rebeca Mojica is a self-taught artist who has mastered 70 distinct chain mail weaves and more than 100 variations. In 2003, she founded Blue Buddha Boutique to showcase her finished jewelry and provide kits and supplies to enthusiasts of this resurging craft. Mojica is the pre-eminent chain mail instructor in the Midwest. Her instructional projects have been published in books and magazines and her work has also appeared in The Chicago Tribune and The New York Times.