Wire Tree

Create this beautiful wire tree as an accessory to your favorite collection! Modify materials to suit your project.

SUPPLIES|
• Wire - The heavier the ornaments you hang, the sturdier you need your wire. We used 72 yards in a combination of 18 and 20 gauge wires.
• Wire Cutters
• Tools to help grip/twist the wire.
• Hollow tubing rods glued together with 5 Minute Epoxy.
• Wood for the base.

STEP 1| PREPARE
Cut wire in approximate 5' lengths. (The thicker the wire, the longer it should be trimmed.)

STEP 2| CREATE
Locate the center of the wire and begin twisting. We used a pencil to create a loop at the midway point to suspend ornaments from. (You can also string a bead to create a "blossom" tree.) Repeat this for all strands of wire.

STEP 3| TWIST
Take two strands and twist them together a little ways further. Repeat this step using all strands, including a third in some for diversity.

STEP 4| ASSEMBLE
Continue twisting irregular sections together until you have three basic "big" branches.

STEP 5| SECURE
Isolate a few wires from each main branch and feed them through the hollow rod for added support. (Our rods were three different sizes so we were able to fit 6, 4, and 2.) These wires will later become the "roots."

STEP 6| COVER
Twist the remaining wire from the three main branches in sections covering the rod to create the trunk.

STEP 7| FINISH
We fed the tree trunk into a wood base predrilled with a hole and grooves to feed the roots to the outer edge. Twist "root" wires from inside rods together some ways, then "branch" off, continuing to twist and trimming ends at desired lengths.

*If you desire to have more roots, you can cut longer sections of wire to begin with or shorten the rods to allow the length of the wire to stretch further, in which you would rejoin trunk wires and those pulled through the rods to create the roots. Or simply add new sections of wire at the base.