More or less. 😊

Folded wires

@@SculptyWorks you didn't say the length of the wires

@@CeeMarz 1:03 - It's looped around the ruler and then cut at one end, making each wire 24 inches long.

@@SculptyWorks you are wonderful! Such a speedy reply!! I wonder if 23 gauge wire will be okay to use?

Thank you! 😊

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Indeed! The hardware store is an excellent place to get copper and steel wires! 👍 But the wire used in this tree in particular was silver-plated, and I've never found that in the hardware stores around here. 😥

Glad you enjoyed it! 👍 I'd love to see what you come up with! 😊

Thank you! ❤

Thank you! ❤ I'll put it in the ideas list. 😊

Thank you! ❤ It can be a lot of work! 😉

@@SculptyWorks yes I know. I've been making trees for awhile but still practicing. Thanks again for the inspiration.

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@Marc Harry thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im trying it out now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

Thank you! Good luck! Let us know how it turns out! 👍😊

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Glad it was helpful!

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¡Gracias! ¡Buena suerte! 😊

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Hehe, we always need more wire, longer wire, and more beads than we think we will when making these little trees. 😉 I've been wanting to make more of these videos but I have so many projects going on.

You can do it! 👍

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Thank you! 😊

I do the same😅.

Thank you, glad it was inspiring! Good luck with your attempts! 👍

Thanks! ❤ And sorry about the fast-forwarding, but the video would be hours long if I didn't do it.

Its a weeping willow

Always make more branches than you think you need, and make them longer than you think you need! 😉

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Thanks! I mostly guess the length of the wires. Depending on how much you twist it, usually you can expect the final height of the tree to be about half the length of the folded wire (so 1/4 of the total length), more or less. I've been wanting to make some other trees videos, just haven't had the time to do it, way too many projects going on at same time! 😉

The glove I started with was one of those cut-resistant gloves, I used it because it was the thinnest I had and gave me the best tactile feel, but handling the wires so much the glove started to fray on the fingertips, so I swapped for a leather glove. Any glove is Ok, and even no glove at all, if your fingers can take the abuse! 😉

Thank you! 😊 I'm afraid I don't sell them, I only make them for family and friends when I do.

With everything, it came out to about 6 1/2" tall, and some 5" to 6" around.

Thanks! ❤ You can find all sorts of stone and man-made beads that can be used for a project like this on craft stores, eBay, and Etsy. 😊 (those I used are peridots; I have a contact in India that supplies me with that kind stuff, so I can't direct you to where you can get /those/ specifically)

Thanks! 😊 I know a supplier in India. Those specific ones are peridot. The tree has 13 branches.

Cherry blossoms? That's a neat idea! 👍

Thank you! I think I do mention somewhere in the video that those are peridot beads, but in case I forgot, well, they're peridots. 😉 I think the size doesn't matter /too much/ because you can use whatever size you feel looks better, and in the case of irregular shaped beads like these, size is all over the place. These vary anywhere from 4mm to 8mm in any direction of measurement.

@@SculptyWorks you may have said they type but not the size cause I ordered 2mm and they to dang small and gonna try 4mm this time and thank you so much for replying cause I just got into this a few days ago and its very stress releasing making these trees. I made my 1st tree out of old copper wire and it didn't turn out to good but I refuse to give up lol

@@scooterb3814 Yeah 2mm might be a tad small for this kind of stuff. But if you have A LOT of them, you can bunch them up and still make the 'leaves' look nice. 😉 And yes, you can use whatever wire you can manipulate easily enough! The others I've made are all copper wires; this one is silver because I got a really good deal on the wire and couldn't pass on it. And yes again, it can be quite soothing to make these little trees! Glad you're having fun with them! 👍😊

@@SculptyWorks where do you order your wire and beads? I ordered 26 gauge wire cause it small and easy to twist.

@@scooterb3814 The wire usually I wait for a local craft store to have some sort of sale, usually Joann or Hobby Lobby. The beads, well, the craft stores have some good options and I have bought from them before too, but in this tree's case the peridots are a precious stone and I have a supplier in India that provides me with gemstones when I need them for jewelry, and they hooked me up with the peridots too. 😉

It doesn't matter much, you can get creative with it. 👍

You can buy pre-drilled little gems in crafts stores in the U.S. (I know Hobby Lobby and Michael's have them), and you can find them on eBay, just as always be careful when buying on eBay, specially from overseas sellers. 🙂

I like to stay busy! 😁

That really depends on how you bend the branches and how tight you twist everything, but more-or-less the final height is 1/4 of the wire length (24" wires got me a 6" tree). So, for a 4' tree you probably want to start with 16' wires.

That one has about 50 wires. 🙂

@@SculptyWorks thank you so much

They vary, from 5mm to 8mm. These are stone chips so they are irregular in shape.

Si. Algunos tienen 7, otros 5, un poco de variedad lo hace más interesante. 😉

The wire is 20-gauge.

If my math is right, about 42 yards.

The wires are around 24-inches long (~60cm), folded in half, and I made about 50 of them.

@@SculptyWorks Thank you for YOUR kind support and reply

Go for it, see what it looks like! And take pictures, I'd like to see it too! 👍😊

The pot is about 4" x 1 1/2", and I think it was a fancy dipping dish from Target.

@@SculptyWorks thank you!!

It was simply a 2-part Loctite 5-minutes epoxy you can easily find in stores (in the U.S.). 😊

I didn't buy the beads online, so unfortunately I don't have a link for them. But if you search eBay or Etsy you might be able to find similar ones there. 👍

Mi Español no es suficientemente bueno para escribir subtítulos. 😥

The gems are peridot. 😊

The beads I used are irregular shaped, and they vary between 3mm to 5mm.

I have no idea, I never made any of these for sale, they have always been gifts. 😊 Usually you would add up the cost of the materials and the time spent working on it to figure out a price point. If you are a popular artist, you can also add that to the price. 😉

I think it was something like 50 wires. 👍

I didn't keep count, just made up as I was going. 😉 The idea is to add some variety here and there so the branches aren't all the same. 😊

I see people saying 50 wires. Is that actually 25 because it's cut in your counting that is the double wire is one or two or is it a total of 50 wires? I'm confused. I'm not a craft person but I want to try and make

The wires for the branches start being shaped at 0:58 then at 1:58 I start stringing the beads, then at 3:38 I bundle the branches together and on 4:52 the branches start go together to make the whole of the tree.

I don't normally do commission work on these because they take A LOT of time to make and it's hard to make it cost-effective, but if you'd like, send me an e-mail (my e-mail is on the About page on the channel) and we can discuss what you want and all that. 😊

What did the results look like?

Sorry, I'm not fluent enough to translate it to Spanish.

Thank you! 😊