For this exercise I chose large craft pipe cleaners. I anticipated that these would offer a good, stable structure with lots of scope for manipulation. What I hadn't anticipated was how quickly the intertwining process would use up the lengths of pipe cleaner, resulting in a rather small piece. It was also quite difficult to make the ends stay in place despite the wire centres of the pipe cleaners. The fuzziness prevented a good attachment at the edges. The small amount of wire left at each end also proved problematic as it was very sharp!
Large pipe cleaners.
Thoughts
Not a successful piece. Not pleasant to work with and disappointing result. Taping or gluing ends was not practical as it spoiled the fuzzy nature of the pipe cleaners but the ends would not stay fastened in place. Wrapping with yarns might have been an option although it would have significantly altered the overall look of what I had planned would be a very self-contained, simple piece.
