What is elephant wire?

While some hobby materials are designed for creative projects, other materials have practical value in everyday life. Elephant wire is such a material. The name of the wire is inspired by its strength and hardness. Elephant wire is extra thick steel wire and comes in different sizes and lengths.

What can you use elephant wire for?

Do you like creating floral arrangements or small ornaments or figures for corkscrew hazel branches? Elephant wire is thick steel wire which is easy to work with and to shape. You can shape the floral arrangements the way you want to with this practical, thick wire. You can use it to hold flowers in place or to create beautiful centrepieces.

For the holidays or as a beautiful decoration for your home, you can shape hearts and stars from elephant wire and use them as ornaments on a corkscrew hazel branch. Create the most beautiful designs by placing pearls on a thin steel wire and wind it around your heart or star.

Which tools do I need to shape elephant wire?

Steel wire comes in many sizes. The thinnest wire can be bent and shaped using your hands. If you want a complete, closed shape, one end of the elephant wire must be bent closely around the other end. Here, hobby pliers come in handy. Hobby pliers come with round or flat teeth.

Pliers work well with the thickest elephant wires. With hobby pliers, you can shape and bent your steel wire more precisely and accurately.

Elephant wire comes in bags with 10-80 pieces depending on the size. The thinnest elephant wires are 1.2 mm thick. For projects with a need for extra durability, choose elephant wires from size 1.6 mm and upwards.  

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