Wire Fruit stand
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You can make this beautiful stand, of a few pieces of blue thread.
You will need:
• 2.5 mm galvanized wire
• round-point pliers
• 0.71 mm binding wire
• 2 mm lead-free soft loft
• Paintbrush
• Earthcote iron paint primer
• Earthcote iron paint
• Earthcote corrosive
• Newspaper
To make:
1. Legs Cut six 45-cm pieces of blue thread. Turn curls at the ends
with
pliers. Make the curls on the top points (the basis on which
to rest) slightly smaller than the curls at the ends.
2. Cut a piece of binding wire and make the six separate pieces of
curled wire together. Run through the connective thread twice
just below the middle to each piece of wire wrapping, and then
all six together. Wrap the wire tightly and bind to all six pieces,
so that the legs are steady.
3. Basic Cut three 30-cm pieces of blue thread. Put them in the
middle and crossed with binding wire fixed to a
star shape.
4. Turn three circles with a diameter of 25 cm, 18 cm and 13 cm
blue wire. Make the points or HbS circle tightly with wire
bonding.
5. Place the circles the same distance apart and then put the star
shape on top
down. Turn the sticking points of the outer circle
the star shape and trim off the excess wire. Attach the circles
and
star shape Securely bound together with another wire.
6. Attach the base to the legs down Each leg with binding wire to
wire in a star shape tie.
7. Cut 14 pieces of soft solder of 25 cm each. (The solder is at
most hardware stores.) Use the pliers to make a curl at the ends
of each piece of
solder. Turn it on with your fingers if necessary.
8. Make all the curls with binding wire together so that a straight
circle. Make up the circle to the outer edge of the stand basis still
stuck with binding wire.
9. Give the wire stand a weathered appearance
with a low iron paint
primer and two coats of paint iron. Round it off
with two coats of
rust agent.
Note: Make sure the iron paint mix well, and
work on a few layers of
old newspaper, because it's quite a messy affair.
Bright Ideas
- Form a curl to its legs and one for the edge and use it as a pattern for the rest of the curls.
- Use enough wire to tie the pieces to attach the stand pretty firmly to make. It does not look too neat - the stand is designed to have a rural appearance.