Material Thinking:
lectrical Wire
Trying Soldering
This experiment tested how well copper wire strands take to soldering and whether the technique could be useful for securing wires together or creating small sculptures. The results confirmed that copper bonds well with solder, forming strong connections that could have structural and artistic applications.
At the soldering station, I experimented with soldering different configurations of copper strands: securing them together, connecting two wires, and creating small sculptural shapes. The soldering process worked as expected, forming stable joints between the wires and allowing for the construction of small-scale structures.
Soldering is a reliable technique for stabilizing copper strands, making it useful for reinforcing wire-based designs. This raises new questions about whether soldered copper strands could be woven and whether larger sculptural works could be created using this method. For now, no immediate next steps are planned, but this knowledge will likely be useful in later experiments.