To shape the back for your miniature wire patio chair, use pliers to straighten out the piece of wire you cut from the base of the chair in the previous step. Some people prefer to shape the back of the chair into a heart, if you want this style, you need to cut off the twisted wire so that you are working with a straight piece of wire. In the basic chair shown, the twisted wire was used as the design at the top of the chair back.
When you have straightened the wire, bend the wire down to form the sides of the chair back. In this case the entire section of twisted wire marked the width of the back of the chair.
Line up one side wire from your chair back with the twists on the back leg, and twist the wire into the back leg so that the wire twists blend together instead of crossing over each other.
Repeat this twisting process with the wire on the other side of the leg. In the chair shown, the top of the back was set to a height one inch above the seat before the back wires were twisted into the back legs.
If you prefer, you can shape the back from extra wire, or add shaped paper clips into the back to make a design, by soldering the metal paper clip to the back wire. To solder the back onto the chair seat, take the wire across and twist a base for the back from the two wire sides, then solder this base to the bottom edge of the chair seat. If you are going to solder the back, solder the cap to the seat wires as well.
