GENTRY — A special class teaching how to make twisted-wire art will be presented at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, at the Gentry Public Library.
The two-hour class will be presented by Nancy Hicks of the Tulsa area, who has been wrapping wire around stone for 22 years.
“We will be using 24 gauge craft wire for the class,” Hicks wrote in an email. “I will provide wires of various colors, copper wire and stones.”
A fee of $10 will be charged to participants to cover costs of supplies.
“If attendees have wirecutters and smooth-nose pliers, they should bring them. I have several I can bring. Pliers are not really necessary but helpful,” Hicks wrote.
“We will start with learning how to twist wires to control the wire,” Hicks wrote. “We will learn how to make a small tree using beads for leaves. There are patterns for various trees but we will not be using a pattern to begin with. Then we will do a stone or other objects, start with one wire and see how the stone or item being wrapped wants to be done.
“Around corners is convenient - it’s harder on round or ovals. We can use one, two, three or morewires - it all depends on the shape. With free-form wrapping, there is no set pattern to be followed,” she wrote.
“I have twisted wire for about 22 years,” Hicks wrote. “We have gone through cycles - to begin with, the wire was twisted around the object a lot - you ended up not really seeing the object, just wire. Then we learned how to use less wire and see more of the stone. Now my concept is to frame and hold the object. If you can make the wire seem to disappear, that is good.”
For more information on the class, call the Gentry Public Library at 736-2054.
News, Pages 2 on 09/01/2010