Finished puppy: front.
Back.
I started at the pup's nose, twisting a couple of wires together across its top, then twisting one more at each "corner," then another to change direction for each eye, and so on, and so on...
It gets pretty confusing. I try very hard to keep it symmetrical.
Ears!
The puppy is growing a leg.
I've twisted wires together through the chest and down around one front leg, closing them off at the foot. The "unused" wires wait to become the rest of the puppy. Many more will be added.
The front legs are finished, and I can begin twisting the wires into the puppy's back and belly.
The body has been shaped down to the haunches.
The right hind leg is finished; the left is just a bunch of wires.
Both back legs are complete.
Just have to finish the tail! Then a lot of tweaking to fix any odd bumps or bends. The puppy contains about 130 feet of wire.
It took about 3 full days. My hands are pretty tired.
He... or is it she?.... is absolutely charming all over! Great work! Thanks for sharing your way of doing it. Hope you don't give up on blogging :)
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