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Publisher:   Search Press
Release Date:  July 2003
ISBN:   1842155865
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Format Reviewed:  Paperback
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Genre:   How-To Books/Wirework
Reviewed: 2003
Reviewer:   Rachel A Hyde
Reviewer Notes: To obtain materials: A visit to your local DIY store ought to suffice!  

Wire (Craft Workshop)
By Mary Maguire


      Wire seems to have come out of the tool closet and into its own recently, and it can be bought in all colors, various thicknesses and fashioned many ways into a number of intriguing and useful items. This book shows you what can be done with wire, and even how things like the humble coat hanger and chicken wire can be pressed into service.

      Then there are pipe cleaners, paperclips and wire tape, and you have already amassed most of your materials if you can find these in your home, and if you can’t you are sure to live not too far from a DIY store. It is heartening to note, too, that the equipment needed is the sort of very ordinary stuff that your shed or garage is bound to contain: pliers, a hammer, block of wood and a hand drill, for example. So, you don’t need too much to get stuck in.

     Make a loo (or toilet paper) roll holder, bathroom caddy, adorn greetings cards, a mobile for a child’s room, reseat an old chair, make a bottle carrier that you can take to the supermarket and (my own favorite) a lovely garden lantern made almost entirely of chicken wire. There is a section showing you various techniques of wirework (best to practice these first before starting any project, as they are a bit harder than they look) and every project has staged instructions accompanied by photographs. I confess to being most impressed with this imaginative and highly accessible book. I’ve seen other books on the subject, but this is the first one I truly wanted to own. There just doesn’t seem to be anything to its detriment; highly recommended.

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