How to make a sculpture of wire with your own hands?

To make a sculpture of wire under the strength of everyone. Such products will be appropriate in the garden and on the street, in the summer and on the New Year. We will tell you how to make figures of humans and some animals with your own hands, and what to look for when manufacturing.

Wire is a very malleable material. For this, she fell in love with modern sculptors. From it you can make light, airy sculptures, and tough, massive and monumental.

Therefore, working with it does not require special tools. To make small desktop sculptures we need:

• wire of different diameters;
• pliers;
• wire cutters or scissors;
• round-nose pliers (but you can do without them).

If your sculpture stands on a pedestal, then you will need:

• wooden block;
• screws;
• screwdriver.

And if you want a facing, then come to the rescue:

• plasticine;
• metal foil;
• epoxy resin;
• clay;
• gypsum;
• for large sculptures, mesh-netting is suitable.

For the manufacture of gypsum shell make a figure of plasticine and cover with liquid silicone. Then wait for drying and remove the resulting silicone matrix. After that, fill it with liquid gypsum. Calculate the joints in advance.

Therefore, for the manufacture of such figures you will need:

• gas burner or blowtorch;
• sledgehammer or hammer;
• ticks;
• welding machine and electrodes;
• primer, paint and accessories for finishing.

We want the sculpture to be even. To do this, you need to bend according to the template. Therefore, regardless of size, we will need:

• paper;
• pencil;
• ruler.

The pattern needs to be made by the size of the sculpture, therefore, for large figures you need large-format paper or a sheet of wallpaper on the back of which you can draw.

Next, we proceed to manufacture. This is especially interesting for children. But adults are not alien to this business.

You can come up with a figure yourself or use a ready-made solution and bring something of your own into it. In any case, we offer a list of the best ideas for making wire sculptures.

For beginners, making a complex sculpture will not be possible. therefore better to start with something simple. For example, with a desktop sculpture of a man.

Here is a step-by-step production diagram.

• Start manufacturing with your feet. Pick up 2 fairly long pieces of wire, one for each leg. On the feet, if desired, make a loop to fasten the figure to the pedestal. Then connect your legs together and form the pelvic part of our little man. The length of the wire should be enough for the spine, neck and head.

• Legs can be made of 2 twisted wires. Then when you connect them into the basin you will have 4 ends. Two of them will be needed on the spine and head, and from the other 2 you need to make hands.

• For making a head make a big loop and orient it correctly. Then attach your hands.

• Give the person the desired pose. If the limbs are too long, they can be trimmed. Brushes and fingers can be formed from thin wire and then fixed to glue.

• If you want, you can leave it as it is. Can you cover this frame with plasticine, gypsum and more.

Consider another option for making a man.

1. Legs and torso are made from a single piece. The route of the wire: the left leg - the left side of the pelvis - the right side of the pelvis - the left shoulder - the right shoulder - the left side of the pelvis - the right side of the pelvis - the right leg. It is difficult to write, but it looks like an hourglass with legs.
2. Both hands are made simultaneously from a long wire. Bend it with the letter “M” and attach it to the body with a thin wire or fishing line.
3. From the remnants of the wire, make a head and fix it on the body.
4. Further, the manufacture of the sculpture does not differ from the first method.

How to make a frame for sculpture, see the next video.

Such a sculpture will require facing, unless you are a fan of the genre of abstract art.

Using these methods, you can make figures not only of a person, but also animal. For example, cats, dogs, bears and others. Only proportions will differ. But they must have 4 limbs. What about other animals?

Let's make for a change scorpion action figure. He has 8 legs, 2 claws and a tail. Accordingly, it needs to be made in a different way. We will need 14 pieces of wire 20 cm long. The diameter should be such that it is easily bent by hands.

The manufacturing technique involves a number of steps.

1. Add 6 segments together and find the center.
2. Next, we take one bar from this bundle and wind it onto the rest. You need to start from the center.
3. When the wire ends, take another. We wind it, while continuing the turns of the first. We do this until only 2 straight wires remain.
4. We twist them together at one end. It will be a tail. We bend it like a real scorpion.
5. Take the following 8 pieces and fix them on the body of the scorpion. The body should be centered.
6. We wrap crosswise around the trunk, which is extreme from the tail, and we put the ends out of the first segment and direct them down. So you need to do everything 8 times. Ideally, we get carapace (the upper part of the shell) and 16 ends of the wire.
7. Connect these tips to 2. These will be the legs. We bend them so that the figure stands steady.
8. From the front, take 4 wires and twist them in two. These will be claws.
9. The remaining 2 wires are cut. This will be the mouth.

Scorpio figurine is ready.

But the degree of detail in such sculptures is usually lower. If the wire is annealed, then there will be no problems with flexible.

For example, let's make a figure of a New Year's deer.

1. Draw a silhouette deer on the right scale without horns. Need a side view. To make horns, we draw a sketch separately, while the view should be in front.
2. We will do the head, torso and legs separately. Lines break our template into these 3 elements.
3. To start make a head. Cut the bar to the desired length and bend it.
4. For the figure to be voluminous, you need fill the interior. To do this, in the cross section we weld a lot of ovals that will give shape. They are made of the same wire.
5. Torso done in a similar way. First the contour, then the ovals, and all this is welded together.
6. Legs are a little different. In a deer, they are semicircular, and the flat part is directed inward. Otherwise, there are no differences.
7. We connect all parts between themselves. For strength, weld the wire along the entire body.
8. We do and weld horns.

New Year's deer sculpture is ready. Since she will be standing on the street, she must be primed and painted. Such an art object will look great next to a street Christmas tree. You can leave the frame figure or make the lining. Here, everyone will decide for himself.

If you want a luminous sculpture, wrap the frame with a garland. In our case, it can be hidden with stretch film. It is transparent, but when fixed, folds will appear on it that hide the excess elements. Then the deer will glow evenly.

So we examined the coolest ideas of wire sculptures. Of course, professionals will be able to do more complex things, but for beginners to realize this is already very good. Do not limit yourself and strive for the best.

It is difficult to give advice in creativity, so we will limit ourselves only to technical points.

1. Correct pattern Is a guarantee of success. Never neglect it even in simple work.
2. Before work the wire usually needs to be straightened. This is done in a vise or on the anvil with hammer blows. It is desirable that the hammer was wooden (mallet), or you need to beat through the plank. But do not overdo it - the bar should remain round.
3. Wire can be aluminum, copper, brass, steel and whatever you wish. The main thing is to consider the way of fixing different elements. If welding is to be used, steel or, in extreme cases, aluminum should be used. Copper is good for soldering. And for twisting, any is suitable.
4. When working, keep in mind that some the wire may bend. Therefore, loops and bends need to be made smaller than on the template. The amount of bending depends on the material and is determined empirically.
5. Try to joints were directed in one direction. Do not allow burrs or sharp edges.
6. Do not apply too much force when bending. The bar can burst, and the ends can hit on the hands with great force. Take care of your health. If the wire does not bend, this place needs to be warmed up until a red color appears.
7. If there is no burner or blowtorch, You can warm the wire on a household gas stove. But this method is only suitable for the manufacture of small desktop figurines.
8. Wooden pedestals need to be coated with paint or stain, and then varnished.
9. Be sure to follow safety precautions. Hard steel wire must be worn with gloves and goggles.