wires (give or take, these are estimates). they may be a little bent, so if that’s the case, i like to take my nylon pliers and pull them through a few times to straighten them out.
see? nice and straight now. you want all the bends out of your base wire if possible.
the easiest way i have found to form the base is to find something that’s already the shape and size you want, and wrap your wire around that. you can find special tools for this, or you can just look around for something you might already have, like a pill bottle, or in my case – the cap to 