Fork art

Learn how to make a very unique statue out of a kitchen fork.

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Step 1: Equipment and preview

All you need is a fork and two pairs of plyers.
The fork must have a fairly thin handle to make it easier to bend.

Before we begin watch the video below to see what we're making and another more complicated fork statue (we're making the snail)

bromanuzak says: Nov 5, 2010. 5:35 PM

*eye stalks

mattthegamer463 says: Jun 1, 2009. 2:10 PM

Nice instructable! I made a snail, but I want more! Does anyone know of any more animals that you can make out of a single fork?

Losebot says: Aug 3, 2008. 7:56 PM

I wanted to keep the flower on mine visible so I bent it in a slightly different way.

StiltGuyJoe says: Jan 14, 2008. 2:55 PM

That's very cool.

fork artist says: Aug 16, 2007. 7:05 AM

the ORIGENAL artwork can be found at www.fork-art.com and the artist is Matthew Bartik.

Smexy Dead says: Jul 27, 2007. 7:56 PM

Awesome! There's this guy called the spoonman who does this kind of thing at a market in my town. Here's his website, you should check it out!http://www.spoonman.com/catalog.htm

adidame says: Jul 21, 2007. 11:25 PM

I couldn't bend the shell of the snail, seriously. I had the cheapest spoons every made.

thumbelina says: Jul 5, 2007. 10:55 PM

really cool! I'll definitely have to pick up some forks at the flea market and try this out!

grimsqueaker says: Jun 25, 2007. 10:19 PM

Yeah, I've been looking everywhere and experimenting with different forks, but I can't find one thin enough to bend the handle! :(

IlluminatedAntichrist says: Jun 22, 2007. 3:55 AM

I used to do something like this. I actually know a few technuiques on how to bend it just as severly without pliers,just hands. I used to be a magician, and I used to bend forks and make them appear to be as if they were "melting" in my hands, in front of the spectators.Then I allowed them keep it as a peice of "art" and a souvinir.
However, even though I might seem like an ass for not doing so, I'm not going to reveal these techniques because I spent A LOT of money buying magic DVDs to make up my fork routine.

Oh yea,just encase you might be intrested, I learned some really neat ways on how to bend forks with just hands on the DVD "Liquid Metal" by Morgan Strebler.

http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=891

LOL- Just look at how many magic DVDs and books I wasted money on.

toogood in reply to IlluminatedAntichristJun 23, 2007. 5:53 AM

wtf.i cant even bend it with pliers i bukled my pair trying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LISAJAY says: Jun 22, 2007. 12:03 AM

This is GREAT! (I'm not sure snails have antlers . . . )

Chris Bilton says: Jun 20, 2007. 1:02 PM

forking great! people are going to have to learn to eat with their fingers at our house.

shanuea (author) says: Jun 19, 2007. 7:08 AM

Can someone tell me why all the thumbnails are under the intro? How can I get rid of them? This is only my second instructable.

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Kiteman in reply to shanueaJun 19, 2007. 8:59 AM

Go to "Edit", and scroll down a bit. See that all the images have the word "remove" under them? Click that, and you remove them from that step only (not from the whole website). If you want to add them to a different step, go to that step (still in Edit mode) and scroll down to your library - click "add". Make sure you add them in the order you want them to be seen, as some people are having trouble re-ordering the images. The reason they are all there is because you had the instructable open when you uploaded the images. You can upload images without them jumping into a step if you use the library menu option - hover over the "You" near the top of the screen, wait for the menu to pop up, then go down to library. You will be able to add any images or files there without them turning up in an instructable. There is also a link there for emailing several files at once.

shanuea (author) in reply to KitemanJun 19, 2007. 6:12 PM

Thanks for the info :) Now Im wondering why it shows I've had zero views, when obviously I've had more than that.

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Kiteman in reply to shanueaJun 20, 2007. 10:56 AM

I'll pass on that one. Try asking The Management.

grimsqueaker says: Jun 19, 2007. 7:21 PM

That's really cool! going out tomorrow to buy some forks to try this on -- can you post other stuff you've made? :D