Hello friends! this time I share the creation of a ornamental bonsai that I made with copper wires that I extracted from recycled cables.
Hola amigos! En esta ocasión comparto la creación de un pequeño bonsai decorativo que realice con hilos de cobre que extraje de cables reciclados.
Materials and tools used:
- Recycled network cable to make the bonsai.
- Recycled power extension cable to be placed at the base of the tree to simulate the ground.
- A lid of a tin container that works as a pot for the tree.
- Knife, scissors and cutting pliers to separate the copper wire from the plastic cover of the cables.
- A small cylindrical object on which we can wrap the copper wire around in an area of about 3 cm long, in my case I used a small screwdriver.
Materiales y herramientas utilizadas:
- Cable de red reciclado para realizar el bonsai.
- Cable de extensión eléctrica reciclado que coloque en la base del árbol para simular la tierra.
- Una tapa de un envase de hojalata que funciona como maceta para el árbol.
- Navaja, tijeras y pinza de corte para separar el hilo de cobre de la cubierta plástica de los cables.
- Un pequeño objeto cilíndrico en el cual podamos enrollar el hilo de cobre alrededor en un área de aproximados 3 cm de largo, en mi caso yo use un pequeño destornillador.
Let's get to the process || Vamos con el proceso
Once the copper is extracted from the cables, we proceed to roll up pieces of wire from 5cm to 10cm approximately until we obtain the shape of a spring.
Una vez extraído el cobre de los cables procedemos a enrollar trozos de hilo de 5cm a 10 cm aproximados hasta obtener la forma de un resorte.
Then we stretch the spring a little bit. ||Luego vamos estirando un poco el resorte.
We press until the spring is flattened so that it looks like in the next image.
Ejercemos presión hasta aplanar el resorte para que quede como se ve en la imagen.
We make a kind of spiral by bending inwards until we obtain a shape like the one in the following image.
Realizamos una especie de espiral doblando hacia adentro hasta obtener una forma como la de la imagen de arriba.
We repeat the process until we have enough to start assembling the tree.
Repetimos el proceso hasta tener suficientes para empezar a armar el arbol.
We begin to shape the tree by twisting each branch into the desired position.
Comenzamos a darle forma al árbol entorchando entre si cada rama hasta que presente la forma deseada.
Once the tree is assembled, we prepare the base by opening small holes to set copper wire and anchor the tree to the pot.
Una vez armado el árbol, preparamos la base abriendo pequeños hoyos para fijar hilo de cobre y anclar el árbol a la que seria la maceta.
As a last step we add the thin copper wires to the base of the tree.
Como ultimo paso agregamos los hilos de cobre delgados a la base del árbol.
Here are some photos of the finished Bonsai as you can see its tonality can vary according to the light it reflects.
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Aquí unas fotos de el Bonsai ya terminado como pueden ver su tonalidad puede variar acorde con la luz que este refleje.
Wow that is very cool.. very creative!
Thank you, I appreciate that you liked it. Greetings...
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great work mate, truly fascinating.
Thanks, try to make one is simple to do and live looks better than in the pictures, greetings.
thank you