Post by chrisperez on Feb 21, 2011 19:01:03 GMT -5
Hello RTH,
O.K. I have another wrap to show... I'm still experimenting with coils.
I had this cool piece of Arizona rainbow wood my mom tumbled that I just couldn't figure out what to do with, the shape wasn't that flattering. I wanted to come up with a way to " frame " the tree. I used the coil and thicker wires to cover parts of the stone and kind of change it's shape.
Tumbled arizona pet wood, wrapped in... 16, 20, and 24 ga copper and 24ga silver plated copper ( Hobby Lobby in town just started carrying this stuff. Looks nice, and the price is right. I did manage to scratch some of the silver off, so I don't think I should polish it much ).
In this pic you can see where some of the stone is hidden behind the coil, and where I attached the 3 16ga wires to the frame on the far side.
This angle shows where I tied the coil into the frame to hold everything together tightly.
Doh, I forgot to get a pic of the back.... if anyone wants to see that, just let me know
....
Thanks as always,
Chris
O.K. I have another wrap to show... I'm still experimenting with coils.
I had this cool piece of Arizona rainbow wood my mom tumbled that I just couldn't figure out what to do with, the shape wasn't that flattering. I wanted to come up with a way to " frame " the tree. I used the coil and thicker wires to cover parts of the stone and kind of change it's shape.
Tumbled arizona pet wood, wrapped in... 16, 20, and 24 ga copper and 24ga silver plated copper ( Hobby Lobby in town just started carrying this stuff. Looks nice, and the price is right. I did manage to scratch some of the silver off, so I don't think I should polish it much ).
In this pic you can see where some of the stone is hidden behind the coil, and where I attached the 3 16ga wires to the frame on the far side.
This angle shows where I tied the coil into the frame to hold everything together tightly.
Doh, I forgot to get a pic of the back.... if anyone wants to see that, just let me know
....Thanks as always,
Chris
