How to make Beautiful Art from Cheap Wire - Wire Art Timelapse

I made a Family Portrait Wire Art as a gift for a good friend of mine. It was a challenge to get these faces correct and recognizable but I’m very happy with the result.
No real explanation needed, just a lot of hours bending 1.6 mm welding wire.
This short video shows the timelapse and the result, hope you like it and find some inspiration to try it yourself.
Music: FynestLyk - Noir Et Blanc Vie
#wireart #familyportrait #metalart

[@woodscreekworkshop9939]

Incredible work Bart! 😱

[@bartharkemametalworks2299]

Thank man. And keep up the good work in the grinder restoration. It's starting to look very good!

[@mudnducs]

Great eye!!!

[@jefflastofka9289]

That's a great idea and a nice result! I've spent a year studying Nederlands on Duolingo (ongeveer tweeduizend woorden nu) and just spent a week in/around Haarlem, my first visit to the country. I intend to come back for a month, and am thinking about moving to the country some day. I'm a retired mechanical engineer from San Diego, CA and also a machining hobbyist, among other interests. I really like the biking culture and the infrastructure engineering (rail, water control, agriculture, etc). Very impressive country. I intend to see Groningen and a couple other areas next trip, perhaps this fall.

[@bartharkemametalworks2299]

Hi Jeff, Thats nice to hear. Thanks. I live near Groningen.

[@a.bakker64]

Nice Bart!

[@bartharkemametalworks2299]

Dank je

[@voltairegoethe]

How did you center that on the Okuma LS? ha!
Nice touch, Bart!

[@bartharkemametalworks2299]

Magnetic chuck? ;-) Thanks

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Bart, I’ve never seen wire art before, the end result is beautiful, thanks for sharing mate, cheers

[@bartharkemametalworks2299]

Thanks Matty!

[@JoeB-pv8su]

Great attention to detail!!

[@thunderstruck1078]

Wholesome!

[@jpsimon206]

Bart, I am always impressed with your mastery in the shop. I knew you had skills, and I knew you had design chops, but what a pair of meaty clackers! It takes quite a brave man to make a portrait of his wife. I would not dare. She would certainly find a way to interpret one bend as highlighting what she thinks of as unattractive. It's almost like the trolley problem, philosophically unsolvable. I joke, but you have a lovely family and this is a really lovely way to remember this part of life. So much more evocative than a photograph.

[@bartharkemametalworks2299]

Thanks! Btw, It's a family portrait of my friend and his wife. But same idea, its hard to get the faces correct. But a bit of wire bending 'photoshop' is possible ;-)

[@MadeInMichigan]

That turned out really well. How long did it take?

[@bartharkemametalworks2299]

Thanks. around 2 hours to get the lines correct in paper. 6 hours bending. Another 3 hours for the wooden frame.

[@peem1244]

Hi Bart, hope you are keeping well. Wire bending taken to high art, and a really nice family heirloom as well. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the excellent work.

[@bartharkemametalworks2299]

Thank you Pedro!