1 post tagged “wire sculpture”
Wow, it certainly has been a busy month. Thanks to everyone for all the orders, they really helped make this Holiday Season great in our house :) I decided to expand my repertoire of skills as a New Years Resolution, of sorts. In 1996 I discovered a fascination with Wire Art. It took me until 2006 to find someone to teach me SOMETHING to get me started. I learned the very basics of wire wrapping from a wonderful Lady who never fails to surprise me with the many things she has to teach. However, since that first class, my day-job has kept me away and I've had to struggle on my own with books and magazines and good ol' fashioned test and trial. Needless to say, my progress, in my mind, has been slow indeed. A while back I discovered a website of Preston Reuther's wire sculpting. I made a commitment and decided to buy the Small Business Package listed on Preston's site and thus my Adventure really begins.
Just for a taste, here are my first two attempts at this. They are constructed out of resin cameos and brass wire, as they are practice pieces only. I expect to dismantle them in the near future, so I wanted to record them here:
This first piece took about 20 minutes. The sculpture portion of this piece took me 8 Minutes!
I will clearly need more practice, but I counted this initial experiment a success and look forward to learning more and incorporating it into my work.
