FreeShip- 1/16" Armature Wire, Sculpture Skeleton, Holding Fixtures, 2 and 10 ft. lengths- (Prompt rebate on orders with 3+ FreeShip items!)

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This is soft aluminum solid wire. The title names it by its sculptural use as a "skeleton" for modeled sculpture in clay, plaster, or wax. It provides support for the material used while the sculpture is being built up. Most often it's used for clay (or plaster with mesh) because clay is heavy and, depending on the shape of your sculpture, is often not self supporting. We have 1/16" and 1/8" in stock.

A wire armature is usually attached to a piece of a wooden board with screws or staples. It is twisted in key places to attach multiple pieces of wire together if it's a complex armature. Here's what Wikipedia has to say on the subject of armatures in general (they are made from a multitude of materials, not just wire) { https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armature_(sculpture) }:
"In sculpture, an armature is a framework around which the sculpture is built. This framework provides structure and stability, especially when a plastic material such as wax...or clay is being used as the medium. When sculpting the human figure, the armature is analogous to the major skeleton and has essentially the same purpose: to hold the body erect.
An armature is often made of...aluminium wire which is stiff, but can be bent and twisted into shape without much difficulty. The wire is affixed to a base which is usually made of wood. The artist then begins fleshing out the sculpture by adding wax or clay over the wire. Depending on the material and technique, the armature may be left buried within the sculpture but, if the sculpture is to be hollowed out for firing, it must be removed.
Large representational sculptures meant for outdoor display are typically fashioned of bronze or other types of sheet metal, and they require armatures for internal support and stability. For example, a large armature designed by Gustave Eiffel holds up the Statue of Liberty. The armature can be seen from below by visitors to the base of the sculpture's interior."

Another use for armature wire I found is for making positioning fixtures to support 2 or more items that need to be held in alignment while being glued or soldered. Anytime, anything, and anywhere you need to position something while soldering, brazing, gluing, coating, etc, this stuff is wonderful because of its flexibility per diameter. You can bend large diameters of it that could not be bent in any other lightweight metal (lead is more flexible but toxic). How do you attach the armature wire to an object? If the object allows, just a few wraps of armature wire twisted tightly with some long nosed pliers will work. A trick I use is to attach alligator clips to the ends of single or multiple wire fixtures of it. That eliminates 90% of attachment problems.
Alligator clips come in all sizes, shapes, and jaw strengths. If the provided tabs on the alligator clips don't attach them strongly enough to the wire, wrap some thin copper wire around the clip tabs and go for a short length up the wire, then melt a solder blob to the copper wire. The solder won't fuse to the aluminum wire but it will to the copper, which provides extra mechanical strength for the attachment of armature wire to alligator clip (don't overheat while soldering or you might "de-temper" the spring that makes the alligator clip work). Epoxy will work in lieu of the solder if heat is not a factor in what your alligator clips are holding.