Line Emphasis -Wire Sculpture Soldering techniques

1. Line Emphasis / Wire Sculpture
Manami Ishimura

2. Emphasis
• giving prominence to a part of a design. Some features
are emphasized while others are subordinated.
• a visual element of length. It can be created by
setting a point in motion.
Line

3. Objective
In this project, students learn structures from
industrial product around them. Students need
to bring industrial product ex. Watch, shoe, toy,
and so on. The object must consist of multiple
geometric forms not like smartphone!
Students create the motif out of wire
considering its structure and learning soldering
techniques.

4. Line / Emphasis

9. Failed Example
These are beautiful works, however,
There are rather 2-dimensional works.
In this project, the piece must occupy
3 dimensions.

10. Failed Example
No tree!!

11. Soldering

12. Tools

13. Safety
• Wear eye protection.
*Solder can “spit”.
• Run a fan!!!
*When you solder
galvanized metal few
zinc goes into the air as
fume

14. 1. Sand the surface of galvanized wire
Rust and galvanized wires are hard to
Solder. So sand the rust orgalvanized
Surface off with sand papar.

15. 2. Fix wires using a helping hand

16. 3. Apply a flux using an acid brush
Flux is acid so do not use a regular brush.
Apply flux on the jointing part

17. 4. Heat round the jointing part
DO NOT Heat the jointing part!!!!
You heat only around the jointing part.
Otherwise, the wire does not get the certain temp to
merge flux and soldering core but only the core melt.
Once the flux starts bobbling, apply soldering core;
The core melts immediately.
DO NOT WAIT until flux gets burned
(will be brown color)

18. Demo