wire art

sequoia

Earning My Ears
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:cool1: hello!

i have finally decided to try my hand at wire art....as if i really need another craft to get into! but i've always loved the look of wire words and wire jewelry and what not. unfortunately, i've never been a very creative person! i do much better with instructions in front of me. I went to Michaels for the wire, but due to the mega-sale they were having, the place was packed and everything was flying off the shelves. hence, no wire-type books.

so, does anyone know of any good websites for wire art? i've got a jig, but jeez, how does one make letters for words? is there someplace that might have patterns?

thank you!

:Pinkbounc
 
I bought a working with wire book... don't bother. I also have the jig... it's best for making cute corners and stuff like that. I have found the best way to make letters is to print out what you want and lay the wire on top of that and use it as a guide. maggie
 
hey piratesmate, that artistic wire site is awesome! thanks for pointing it out! it just amazes me that I can search and search for something and never find it, then come here and *poof* someone tells me the perfect site!
 

I love Google! And Dan Murphy for telling me about it! :teeth:
 
Well, I had to make one more trip to Wal Mart (you'd think they be greeting me with coffee and doughnuts by now! ;) ), and in the craft section they have a brand new item. It's called Soft Touch Fun Wire, it's 22 gauge, and there's 45 feet in the pkg. The pkg. states that it's easy to work with and requires no special tools. There are 5 colors in the package--pink, lavender, turquoise, limey-yellow-green, and kind of a lime green. (Sorry about the color descriptions, but that's the best I can do.) I think it was $2.96 per pack, so that must be a pretty good deal.

Don't mean to be enabling, but I wanted to post what I found as I thought that might help! :cool1:
 




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