Try cutting out a scorpion like this. The craft is not complicated. To cut this craft you will need:
3 mm plywood, preferably without defects, a wooden ruler (in measurements it is more accurate), copying, hard pencils, thin files for hand jigsaw, skins, needle files, jigsaw wrench, awl or hand drill with drill number 3. Cutting out a craft is not difficult, which means it will take little time to make it. When cutting, do not forget about the position of the jigsaw in your hand. Watch your posture. If you want the craft to look beautiful, take your time. After cutting, clean each part first with “Medium” sandpaper and then with “Fine” sandpaper, and clean some parts with needle files. Assemble the craft according to the rule: part number 1 must be attached to another part number 1, part number 2 to 2 parts, and so on. First assemble the craft, then if all the parts fit well necessary details, glue them together. You need to glue it using PVA glue. To make the craft beautiful, you can coat it with spray paint of any color you want or coat it with Wood Varnish.
In fact, I heard out of the blue that weaving all sorts of tchotchkes from wire is such a separate type of needlework with its fans and a set of tricks, tools and terms that are understandable only to workers of the same art. To be honest, I don’t really want to understand all this, but today I came across an excellent master class on INSTRUCTABLES.COM, and I decided that it was worth translating, regardless of whether I am a follower of wire twisting or not.
Okay, enough reasoning, let's get down to business.
Some time ago I came across a wire scorpion in a souvenir shop. I was touched and bought a little thing so that through trial and error I could learn how to make the same ones. This work is still far from perfect, but it is certainly suitable as a first experience.
Necessary materials
- Soft wire
- Wire cutters
- Round nose pliers
Step 1. Bunch of wire and tail
Cut 14 pieces of wire 17 centimeters long. Place 6 pieces together, find the middle and start wrapping one piece around the rest. Continue doing this until two wires remain free.
To twist the wires evenly, you need to direct them towards each other at an angle of 90 degrees.
Step 2. Making paws
The remaining eight pieces of wire will be the paws. Take one of them, find the middle of it, wrap it around the base of our tail from the last step (look at the picture) and pull it tight. The same must be repeated with the remaining pieces:
Make sure that each wire is twisted the same way - from left to right or vice versa.
Step 3. Building a little body
We turn our scorpion over and... How can I explain this?... Take the far ends of the wire and move them forward crosswise and wrap them around the bundle of wire again. Make sure the wires cross evenly. Look at the illustrations, the action is not particularly complicated:
Step 4. Curling the paws
We turn the scorpion over again and twist the side wires in pairs, turning them into legs.
Step 5. Jaws and claws
Take the remaining six wires and divide them into three pairs as shown in the photo. Twist the top two pairs like the legs.
Step 6. Cut and bend
Trim the paws, claws and jaws to required length, bend to the desired position. You can decorate your scorpion in some additional way, but it’s already beautiful as it is.
Enjoy!
And another scorpion made using the same technology:
Every owner spends a lot of time thinking about how to decorate their home. Today there is a huge choice of materials - wood or plastic, but in the first place is metal - one of the durable, strong, resistant materials in the world, serving as an example and standard of metaphors.
History of origin
Metal products became most popular in Europe in the 11th century. Everywhere, facades of buildings, fences, and decorative statues began to be decorated with unusual forging, and the profession of a blacksmith became an honorable and famous figure in the early Middle Ages.
What kind of craft can be made from metal?
Having thought carefully, the owner decides to present a piece of the unusual to his home, but the question immediately arises: should he buy it or make it himself? Of course, do it yourself, because doing something with your own hands is much more pleasant and more profitable from a price point of view.
Today, forged ornaments for grilles, doors or fences are in fashion; forged animals, a mysterious owl, or a Russian bear also look great in the garden. Ladies prefer forged bouquets, and a rose created with their own hands will surprise anyone.
What do you need to make metal crafts?
There are not as many tools as it seems, all you need is the following list:
- Photo of a craft you like;
- Paper;
- Welding machine;
- Chisel and hammer;
- Grinder for cutting metal;
- Special rust solvent;
- Pencil and scissors, when using a stencil;
- Several washers or bolts for decorative elements;
- Steel rods, from a few centimeters to a meter.
- The basis of creation is sheet iron.
Step-by-step DIY crafts
An original idea for a metal craft would be an owl. First, for aesthetics you will need a template or stencil. It can be made from a sheet of paper with drawings printed on it.
After cutting out the owl drawing, the stencil should be applied to a sheet of steel and the drawing should be transferred; it should be done in the most realistic way.
The next step is to trim the metal with a grinder and drill holes for mounting and inserting the owl's eyes. After creating the body, you should move on to the details: the legs are made from a rod, and the irregularities are smoothed out with a grinder. At the end our beauty is processed chemical agent from rust and paint.
Master class on making roses
And materials. List of basic tools:
- Welder.
- Hammer and pliers.
- Sheet steel
- Bulgarian.
- Special paint for metal.
- Grindstone.
- Steel wire with a diameter of 6 mm.
- Metal scissors.
Attention. Do not forget about safety precautions when working with these tools! Be sure to wear gloves and a welding mask when working.
We take metal cutting scissors and cut out thirty rose petals (thirty petals will make the bud seem more magnificent). You need to move in cutting from small to large, that is, from 15 mm to 80 mm. Your rose should not be prickly. Therefore, a sharpening stone will help smooth out all the unevenness of the petals.
After forming a complete flower, we weld the spikes and clean off the excess with a grinder, clean the seams and cover with a layer of protective paint - the craft is ready.
Metal products with steel wire
The British National Academy of Sciences declared in 1856: “Everything that can be invented has long since been invented,” but time has shown a different outcome. So it is now. Every year new ways of decorating are invented.
For example in last years It is fashionable to make a figure from wire or rod. Combinations and special weaves create an impression of indescribable beauty.
Master class - butterfly made of twig
In terms of its complexity, a steel butterfly is not difficult and will not take much time. Typically, the work technique consists of twisting the wire (the manufacturing process depends on the correct material: the material should not be too thick so that it can bend, but should not be too thin so as not to bend) into several layers.
A body is created using spiral turns, after which wings made from two ovals are attached.
Some interesting facts
Metal is the most ancient mineral of interest to humans. He mined it, forged it, and then a new fence or another forged deer lit up the smile of passers-by.
During the rapid introduction of Hollywood films and the development of artificial intelligence, the topic of androids and the like became relevant. Although the world is far from the rise of the machines, it is always possible to forge a transformer, say, for an exhibition.
Vitaly Yashkovich from Krasnoyarsk became famous throughout the city for his miracle robots. His collection includes such titans of world cinema as: Megatron, Terminator T-200 and T-800, androids star wars, as well as droids from cartoons. The owner himself claims that he will not sell his robots to anyone, they say, he created for the soul
You too create, because the world is unidentified and multifaceted. Give him something new and unusual.
Photos of metal crafts
