An Easy Sculpture Armature - human figure

This is an easy way to put together a wire armature for sculpting a human figure.  No welding or soldering is required, just wire twisting and bending.  I plan to make the sculpture with colored grout, which is hard like cement when it cures. 

Basically, two wires are laid out side by side in a human-like configuration and twisted together using two pliers turning in opposite directions. 

I am leaving the legs a little long, because the ends will be set in grout to attach the figure to the base.  Arms and legs can be shortened by cutting the wire.  The torso area can be shortened by bending it back upon itself to take up some of the extra length. 

Step 1 Lay out the wire

This is a configuration of two wires that will result in something human-like.  Different configurations of the wires will work.  Joints are strengthened when wire exits one limb and enters an adjoining limb or the torso area. 

Twisting the paired wires shortens their lengths some, and makes the combined wires more rigid than single wires.