Wire Art Cat or Solder a Wire Frame Animal

Make a wire frame cat or other design.

Materials:

• metal wire
• solder
• piece of wood
• wood nails
• blue tack, poster gum or poster buddy (to hold pieces of wire in place)

Tools

• soldering iron
• wire cutters
• hammer

//made mine at maakplek.nl the Groningen maker space.

Step 1: Draw or Download a Design

I wanted to make this cat from the local cat café, printed it on two pages.

Step 2: Use Nails for a Jig, Solder Wire

1. Glue/draw your design on a piece of wood
   
2. Hammer nails in place to form a soldering jig
   
3. Use wire cutters to cut some pieces of metal wire to size, or fold along jig
   > protect your eyes when cutting metal wire
   
4. Use poster gum / blue tack / poster buddy to hold metal wire in place
   
5. Solder away!
   > don't inhale fumes, ventilate
   > don't burn yourself
   > don't set the paper and or wood on fire
   > and just generally be safe

Step 3: Take a Picture of Your Work and Share It Here!

Made in maakplek.nl the Groningen maker space.