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How long does it take to make a wire tree sculpture
One of the most common questions I get from customers and other interested parties is how long does it take to make a wire tree sculpture. This really depends on what style of tree I am making and what size, below I will try and break it down and give some examples of size and time. Style 1- My traditional style comprises of making a wire tree with either no foliage, like deciduous tree over winter or with my 3d foliage pattern. Obviously there are different sizes of tree from 2-3″ (50-80mm) which are a relatively small tree all the way up to currently 8-10″ (210-250mm). Beyond this size, different…
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Wire Tree Sculpture Tutorial- Step by Step Instructions
If you found this educational post useful please consider showing your support by gifting me a coffee; I would really appreciate it.
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New Videos
Recently I have been experimenting with video and below is the first two tests.
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How to make a wire bead tree
How to make a crystal bead wire tree sculpture. To make this wire crystal tree sculpture I went through the process of visualising the tree before even starting the assembly. In the post I will briefly go though the process of how it was made, but first the stats of the tree. Height- 260mm/ 10″ tall Wire- Silver coated copper wire, 0.315mm diameter. Approximately 190 meters of wire used. Lilac Beads- 700 beads, 8mm diameter. Base- Real driftwood Step 1- Get together the beads and wire. I use around 70cm for each strand and 3 beads per strand. Measure out the wire before you start and place the beads in a…
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Large Crystal Wire Tree Sculpture
This crystal wire tree sculpture uses around 800 beads of various green colours and has 160 wires in the tree itself. This one took quite a long time to make, as 5 beads per wire is time consuming. The beads are glass and are faceted but also slightly rounded which made using them easier! I wanted to have natural looking roots and they sit on the driftwood base nicely. I am really happy with how it turned out. This will be listed on the website at some point but if you are interested, please contact me.
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Small Wire Bonsai Tree Sculpture in White Container
This wire tree is made with 4 colours of wire, silver, rose gold, dark purple and grape purple and the wire is 0.315mm thick. There is a dramatic twist in the trunk showing off the different coloured wires and styled as a informal upright this wire tree sits in a white rectangular Walsall studio ceramics container and has a moss effect on the base. You can see there are some exposed roots to complete the sculpture.
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One of a kind wire sculpture?
I find myself wondering why I don’t just “crank out” a load of wire tree sculptures and make money doing it, today I learned why. Another talented wire tree artist has run a kickstarter campaign and within this he offered 30 low level trees for x amount of £, amount many other higher offerings. Everyone looked identical and at this point I must admit I was quite jealous. He exceeded his campaign and I am very happy for him. This brought me to a question, can I make clone trees, can I make two identitcal trees? No, the answer is no! Even when I am producuing identical 2 trees they…
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What’s with the Crystal Wire Trees?
So this first quarter of the year I have been experimenting with crystal beads on wire trees as the foliage instead of my normal style. After being making trees for a year, and cranking out about 200 in 2016, I decided I would switch it up a little. I have made a decent amount of crystal trees and feel they look great, if a bit different to my normal. Why do it, why not! I have evolved very quickly with my original style and re-setting back to not knowing what to do it good for the mind, if a bit frustrating at times! The crystal trees have to be built…
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Early year experiments
So a new year and the beginning of experiments in the form of glass faceted bead trees! It occurrd to me to give this a try after spending the whole of 2016 making wire only trees. Immediately I noticed a few things, the creation process is opposite to how I make wire only trees; wire only I go root to tip vs beads are tip/ bead to root. This caused a few issues but a new custom tool has helped the process. Also the glass beads are pretty tough on the fingers and I am only now building up calluses to help with this problem. I think I will keep…
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The Wayland Dragonfly Gallery
I am very proud to announce my work is now in a new gallery, the Wayland Dragonfly Gallery in Watton, Norfolk. Susan at the gallery have been fantastic and very receptive of my work and I appreciate the opportunity to share my work within the gallery. The Dragonfly Gallery and Visitor Centre is one of the many local attractions that make Wayland unique and distinctive. Owned and managed by the community charity the Wayland Partnership, a not-for-profit Community Partnership, is a part of Wayland House and situated in Watton High Street. If you manage to visit, do tell them Matthew from Metal Bonsai sent you!
