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findesign05

Posted by Allen | | Wednesday 3 December 2008 1:41 pm

For struts over two feet long, I combined the 9-gauge wire with carbon fishing rods. Fishing rods are perfect for this. They taper to an elegant point; they are impossibly flexible and do not break; they counteract the wire's tendency to bend abruptly. The wire gives strength and, most importantly, the ability to pose each strut individually. I taped them together with gray duct tape every six inches.