Friday, June 6, 2014

How To Make Metal Garden Art

By Sally Delacruz


If one would have a garden or a yard, he would definitely want it to look pretty attractive just in case he should have some visitors over. Now one way to decorate this area of the house would be to create some metal garden art as a decoration. For those who do not know how to make this kind of thing, this guide will be able to give one a step by step process on how to do it.

Now the very first thing to do is to simply decide what one would want to make out of those metal sheets. Now one can make something as simple as just a steel butterfly or he can make other things like a crocodile or some abstract art. What he would want to create would solely depend on the skills of the one making it and his creativity.

After he has decided what he would want to make, then he should now search for a template of it on the internet. If he cannot find a template of the specific thing that he wants to build, then he should find something similar and just improvise from there. The template is very important because it will tell the creator what metal pieces to buy and how to create the sculpture.

After one has already gotten himself a template then the next thing to do would be to get some materials in order to get started. Of course one would need the steel pieces that will be used in order to make the project. When he would go to the shop, he would then just have to look for the pieces that he would be needing for his sculpture.

Now the next thing to do would be to get some tools that can be used in order to manipulate the steel. In order to cut the steel one can actually use a hacksaw so that he will be able to cut off the big pieces. Now if he would just want to take out a few parts, he can just use some snips which looks just like pliers.

After he has gathered all of those things. Then the next thing he has to do would be to clean up the pieces a little bit. The thing about grimy and dirty steel pieces is that they will be hard to maneuver or manipulate. Also, one should take out the rust on the rusty ones as well.

Now the very last step in this process would be to simply follow the template and just create the sculpture. One does not really need to worry because the template would have instructions that one can follow in order for him to complete his sculpture. Once he follows those steps, he will be able to create his sculpture.

So basically, those are some of the things that one would have to do in order to create this kind of thing. As one can see, it is actually quite easy to make this kind of thing but will take quite a bit of time. As long as one has the patience, then he will definitely be able to create a masterpiece.




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