Here are some great projects for metal or wire crafts. Crafting with metal and or wire can be interesting, fun and useful. You can make many great things from metal and wire. You will also be able to find that the items you make are great gifts for your loved ones.
Enjoy these great ideas for projects with metal or wire crafts.
Idea #1- Wire decorated frames
This is a relatively simple wire metal craft. These are the supplies and tools you will need to create these beautiful frames.
1. Lucite frame
2. A photo to go in the frame
3. Wire cutters
4. Tooth picks
5. Needle nose pliers
6. Translucent pony beads
7. Low temperature glue gun
8. Metallic silver pony beads
9. Wire solder from a hardware or craft store
Here are the instructions
The wire solder is pretty easy to molt and maneuver to make lovely shapes. So for the most part the word you choose to bend your metal in to could be just about anything. The main thing will be that the word can be bent into the wire and that it will fit onto the frame you have chosen. So that will be your first step. Choosing the word you want to bend the metal into.
You can use the pliers you have, your fingers, or even a pen to wrap the metal around in order to create the word you have chosen. You want the metal to be able to go around the entire edge of the frame. But, the word will stay on the top or bottom of the frame. You can cut the wire into separate pieces to make the word, or you can use one long piece to get the word to look smoother.
Slide a few of the transparent and silver beads onto the wire. The beads will be what is used to hot glue the wire onto the Lucite frame. So put one or two every couple of inches. Then using the hot glue and the toothpicks, glue the beads firmly to the frame.
This is fun easy, and a beautiful gift.
Idea #2 Simple metal embossing project
This is another relatively simple metal craft. Here are the supplies and tools you will need.
1. Stylus (wood, metal or plastic)
2. A sheet of thin copper, or tin
3. Scissors that are strong and sharp
4. Firms surface much like a notebook. Something that is soft but holds shape.
5. Card stock
6. Tack tape
7. Ribbon
8. A pattern (picture, photo, art piece copy etc.)
Here are the instructions
Start by cutting the appropriate size of copper or tin metal needed for your project and pattern. Then place the shinny side of the copper down on the notebook.
Next you will want to place the pattern you have chosen onto the metal. Use the tack tape to hold the pattern into place. This way the pattern will not slide, and cause problems with the finished product.
Now using the stylus you have, you will need to trace the pattern into the metal. You can actually do this step twice. That way you will be able to get a well-defined picture.
You can now patina the design if you would prefer. That will also add beauty to the finished product.
Now you can glue the metal picture to a piece of card stock with glue or double stick tape. This will create a base and structure for the metal picture to sit on.
Then you have your finished product.
There are many other projects, patterns and ideas out there for metal, and or metal wire crafting. You will find that doing a little research can offer you tons of inexpensive gifts, decoration ideas and much more.