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Girl on wire: Chinese youngster shapes astonishing artworks from metal thread04:47

Girl on wire: Chinese youngster shapes astonishing artworks from metal thread

China, Liaocheng
March 13, 2023 at 11:49 GMT +00:00 · Published

Wei Wen Xuan has an incredible skills for creating intricate and wondrous sculptures from metal wire, as seen in footage from a studio in Liaocheng city, northeast China on Sunday.

"Sometimes it's simple and it takes two or three hours, some are bigger and take a few weeks," she explained.

Footage shows the youngster, who started her craft at the age of four, with the studio’s collection of cars, dragons, birds, and her current work, a golden tree.

"For example, the junction, the tree trunk needs a lot of effort, these are more effort," she continued.

Wei Wen Xuan claims to have made more than 50 unique pieces with wire. Studio manager Wei Fu Qing has completed nearly 1,000 of his own, and said it’s all in the planning.

"The biggest challenge is that I design this more complex, like architectural, mechanical, first to conceive the whole line, where to start and where to end, so the design and conception is the biggest challenge," he said.

Girl on wire: Chinese youngster shapes astonishing artworks from metal thread04:47
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Wei Wen Xuan has an incredible skills for creating intricate and wondrous sculptures from metal wire, as seen in footage from a studio in Liaocheng city, northeast China on Sunday.

"Sometimes it's simple and it takes two or three hours, some are bigger and take a few weeks," she explained.

Footage shows the youngster, who started her craft at the age of four, with the studio’s collection of cars, dragons, birds, and her current work, a golden tree.

"For example, the junction, the tree trunk needs a lot of effort, these are more effort," she continued.

Wei Wen Xuan claims to have made more than 50 unique pieces with wire. Studio manager Wei Fu Qing has completed nearly 1,000 of his own, and said it’s all in the planning.

"The biggest challenge is that I design this more complex, like architectural, mechanical, first to conceive the whole line, where to start and where to end, so the design and conception is the biggest challenge," he said.