Wire mobiles diy

Make Calder Artist Inspired Mobiles

Mobiles are very cheap and easy to make at home. They make great crafts for kids to work on and, if sturdy materials are used, they can even be hung as decorations in a baby's nursery. Here are a few different ways you can make your own...

Here’s a great idea for a DIY art project you can make, inspired by the art of Mark Hearld. Hearld is a British artist whose gorgeous prints, illustrations, and ceramics depict British fauna and flora dancing with color and movement. His installation at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a huge flock of painted wood birds suspended over visitors— something I dreamed of hanging in my house. Alas, I’ll have to (happily) make do with this DIY bird mobile I concocted instead.

Mobiles by Julie Frith, Modern hanging mobile art sculptures and tabletop stabiles, custom color, size and design. Baby mobiles, hanging kinetic wire art mobiles, original Calder styled mobile sculpture, custom coloring online.

bakers and astronauts: Making Mobiles

How to make a DIY Calder Mobile sculpture for under $10. A mid-century modern home decor project you can create, inspired by Alexander Calder.

Making Basic Mobiles with wooden sticks : Craft Project for kids, children, and teens

I love Alexander Calder! I teach a Calder wire project each year, but I have never successfully made a Calder-inspired mobile. Until now! I recently received this 1975 edition of Making Things: Book 2. The Handbook of Creative Discovery by Ann Wiseman. Inside this gloriously illustrated book I found these instructions for making Calder mobiles: I decided to test it out with items I had on hand in the art room. Materials for first mobile: 18-inch pre-cut Stem Wire (AKA floral wire) 20 gauge…

Something feeling “off” about one of your rooms? It could be the space is a little too heavy on the low-end. You might need a visual weight adjustment. Relocating certain design details high-up in a space can create a more sophisticated, balanced room. There are ideas you can try that will take only a little time to tackle, and there are some that might take the afternoon. You decide what your room might need and how much time you have this weekend!

Here’s a great idea for a DIY art project you can make, inspired by the art of Mark Hearld. Hearld is a British artist whose gorgeous prints, illustrations, and ceramics depict British fauna and flora dancing with color and movement. His installation at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a huge flock of painted wood birds suspended over visitors— something I dreamed of hanging in my house. Alas, I’ll have to (happily) make do with this DIY bird mobile I concocted instead.

Making pretty things with wire is not expensive at all. This is a creative skill test. Wires are very flexible and that makes them easy to position. You don’t need money, you don’t need certain skills for these wire arts. But what you do need is a little creativeness. Use your creative side of your mind to create something very beautiful. Here are the 20 fun DIY wire art ideas that you can do today.

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Entity one: wire mobile

Information on the kinds of wire to use to make hanging mobile art and where you can get it