I’ve had some strange habits in my life, but this one has got to be one of the more bizarre ones. In my life I have purchased a lot of gadgets. I mean a LOT of gadgets. And one universal thing is they all come with cables, and those cables are almost always tied together with twist ties. Well, for the past 5 years, I have kept those twist ties, and used them for somewhat stranger ends: The creation of little twist tie people and other beings that I can scatter around my desk, causing my office mates to conclude that I am most deffinitly something of a whack job.


Pair of lovers

The process is pretty easy, you need about 3 twist ties of roughly the same length to make a person. One creates the head and body, 1 creates the arms and chest (or breasts in the case of one of the two in the below picture “Pair of Lovers”) and the final one creates the abdomen and the legs.


Climber

Once you have a number of people, you can lay them out doing any number of things. Personally I find ones that unnerve your co-workers such as the below “Ctulhu Worshippers” to be the most enjoyable. But it’s very easy to create scenes that are allegories for political battles at the office, or scenes based on recent events.


Ctulhu Worshipers

After having done this for some time, it’s fairly easy to figure out how to do more unique things, such as dragons, ettins, or really anything your imagination can come up with. Personally I think my next project will be a twist tie darth vader for the upcoming release of revenge of the sith.


Dragon

Suggested tools:

  • A pile of twist ties, varrying lengths
  • a leatherman, or other needle nosed pliers (good for crimping the joints to make them hold well)
  • Paperclips (I don’t show any here, but you can easily turn a paperclip into a number of things such as swords, staves, other handheld objects, even furniture)
  • The odd mixture of motivation, creativity and boredom to take on a project like this


Ettin with victim