Introduction: Twist Tie Horse
Hello! Today I’ll be sharing with you a very interesting craft I learnt during my short vacation to Sapa, Vietnam a couple of months ago. The folks over in Sapa are really beautiful, and very friendly too! Anyway, one of the natives of the Sapa villages gave me a stick horse crafted from bamboo twigs as a friendship gift. I really liked it, but didn’t get the chance to ask her to teach me the steps to craft it!
Since I have always been intrigued by crafts, I decided to try to figure out how to make the bamboo horse myself, through reverse engineering! Initially, the pattern seemed really complicated and I had trouble trying to figure out the steps to it. But after spending an hour or so analysing, my patience finally paid off. And so after my many failed attempts, I figured it out.
I’ll be demonstrating the steps to craft the stick horse using twist ties rather than bamboo twigs. I had tried to find bamboo twigs in Singapore in order to reproduce an “authentic” bamboo horse, but unfortunately the bamboo twigs I found were either not long enough, or too stiff to bend. I’m using twist ties because they are easy to bend and I can easily find the lengths I need, but any ductile wire or thin stick will do just fine, as long as it stays in shape after bending.
Step 1: Materials
2. Scissors
Step 2:
I’ve labeled the 3 sections A, B, C and X for illustration.
You really only need to twist them a couple of times at point X to make the structure secure. Section A (the section below X) does not need to be twisted all the way till the end.
Step 3:
This will form the hind legs of the horse.
Step 4:
Bend the top part of section B to the left to form the horse’s head.
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Step 6:
Now C should be under B.
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Step 12:
Trim both legs to the same length.
There you have it! You very own horse stick figure.
Now it’s time to show off your wire twisting skills to your friends!
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