The Art of Wire Art???

Question

I've started cutting wire and bending it into shapes to create animals or images, but the problem is, I need to know how to make each piece stick together without any glues as they make the art dulled and the metal looses its shine :/ any suggestions?

I do rli small delicate things and the wires rli rli hard to twist :S

Answer 1

> do rli small delicate things and the wires rli rli hard to twist :S<
then use different wire and or heat treat the wire according the kind of wire you would like to use (copper and brass soften when heated even if cooled abruptly, steel wire hardens if cooled abruptly so heat to red and cool under ceramic insulation or vermiculite.)
Do not attempt to work with spring steel (piano wire, music wire) or phosphor bronze spring metal unless you are prepare to work hot in a torch flame.
Working wire sculpture is like drawing without lifting the pencil, except you do get to twist or turn the wire around itself.
Go to images.google.com and search on 'twisted wire sculptures' then click on images or switch to Web to find how to.

Answer 2

If you were taking college sculpture class that required making sculptures of wire (as Idid) you would learn that you want to first try to figure out how to use one long piece and bend, or twist or encircle to get the shape you want. Nobody said this was easy - that was the problem we had tosolve without the use of metal glues, or soldering irons. The teacher advised us very little but did tellus to take a piece of board, either junk lying around, driftwood, or buy at one of the hobby stores those small placques in the wood section. Figure out what you want to make first, draw it if you can. Then figure out how big you want it and try to estimate how much wire you will need. With small nails, nail one end to the top side of the wood where you think you want to start. That would be the foot of a figure or the base of an abstract shape. Thenstart bending the wire to the shapes you want; remember that you dont have to make an exact reproduction of every line you have drawn. Ask yourself how you can make the illusion of a shape. When you have it pretty much how you want it, or have finished the other part of the bottom of the piece, cut the wire, then bend and shape it to be the last foot, and nail it to the board. Again, as Prof. Greene used to tell us - nobody said making art is easy. Art is hard work.
I started by making small people. then an animal, then a tableau of several people in different poses. By the way, I made an A.

a good book is: Start Sculpting Now! A good artist to research is Alexander Calder. This was his best work! Anothr good way to plan is to use the pencil in the "Paintbox" to draw it first on your computer - this willhelp you plan where to bend and twist to join in advance.

Answer 3

I did wire art in college and we had to use just the wire as well, so I just used needle nose plyers and did a lot of twisting to hold the wires together.