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Make Your Own “Bent Objects!”

26 January 2010 4,592 views 7 Comments

by Care

Have you seen Terry Border's work? If not, you MUST! He takes wire, pliers, and everyday objects and turns them into the most FABULOUS characters. I only recently discovered his blog, Bent Objects, and nearly died laughing at all his little friends! Terry also has a new book out called Bent Objects: The Secret Life of Everyday Things. I am dying to get my hands on that book!

Anyway, after looking at his entire blog and discovering his basic wire bending how-to, I decided to try a little "bent object" of my own. I busted out some of the dollar store floral wire I've been hoarding and went to town:

(Please, feel free to mock me and my deformed birdie; there is NO comparison between Terry's work and my feeble first attempt!)

The possibilities for this idea are endless! What object will YOU bend?
[go to Terry's basic wire bending how-to]

Project Estimate:

floral wire, $1
pliers, $1 or on hand
object to personify, on hand

Total: $1 and up

7 Comments »

Hilary said:

CUTE!!!! I love him, he’s adorable.

# 26 January 2010 at 7:30 am

heather said:

How fun! Your birdie turned out great! You can’t expect your first try to be as refined as Terry’s, since he has made probably hundreds of them. I love Bent Objects – thank you for posting about it and making your own version. So fun. I can imagine this would be a fun project to do with grade schoolers on up! I know my preschoolers would love to play with the final objects, too.

# 26 January 2010 at 7:49 am

Holly said:

Just came across your site from a Google search. Love it! Totally up my (frugal) alley! Will definitely be bookmarking it and adding it to my blogroll.

I have a new meme happening on Mondays called “Make It Myself Monday” where authors of other craft blogs (or the newbie crafter just trying something out…aka – me) can link up any post to something they ‘made themselves’. The post doesn’t have to have been written on a Monday, or even recently…it can come from your archives. I’d love for you to come on over and link up one of your posts…since it is a new meme, I am looking for some great crafters to get the ball rolling!

Check it out here: bit.ly/7oObgs

Thanks!

Holly

# 26 January 2010 at 11:10 am