Overview
Wire can make distinctive jewelry, table accessories, candleholders, frames, lampshades and lamp bases, and all sorts of interesting containers, including baskets, bud vases, and bottles. Each project showcases wire's versatility, created simply by bending, wrapping, and forming it. Complete patterns come with instructions and photos that display shiny gold, silver, copper, brass and bronze, and the matte look of aluminum and steel, in styles that range from fancy to funky, formal and informal, traditional or modern."Just when we thought nothing was truly new under the arts-and-crafts sun, up pops...yet another new handmade wrinkle. This time the material of choice is wire...The author is a Georgia pro who, within her career lifetime, has written more than 2,000 instructions and directed more than 40,000 projects. Tools and equipment are simple...Baskett conjures up more than 60 fairly easy-to-follow patterns...with flair."—Booklist. 8 1/2 X 10.
Synopsis
Every eye-catching page proves it: wire makes distinctive jewelry, table accessories, candleholders, frames, lampshades and lamp bases, plus a variety of attractive containers, including baskets, bud vases, and bottles. All of these projects showcase the versatility of wire, and they’re easily created by bending, wrapping, and forming it. Complete patterns come with instructions and photos that display shiny gold, silver, copper, brass, bronze, and the matte look of aluminum and steel. The styles range from fancy to funky, formal and informal, traditional and modern.