Shardik

 

Hmmm, it might be Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland, but don't quote me on that.

OOPS!

Howdy, neighbor!

    Sounds like you and I have a great deal in common: Hiking, camping, photography and art...oh yeah..and model cars.   Maybe I'll run in to you on the trails one of these days.

    Welcome to the forum.

You might try heating up the guitar string real good and let it cool slowly. That should knock a lot of the fight out of it and get it to listen!,,
joe.

I was going to suggest the same thing.  This process is known as annealing, and involves heating the metal to just shy of "red hot" and allowing it to air cool.  This works for photo etched pieces that need to be bent to shape as well. One advantage to this is that it reduces or eliminates the tendency of the metal to "spring back". 

     I use a small pencil torch for this, but for a high E or B string a butane lighter should be sufficient. 

Oh my.  That is pretty!

Nice choice of subject matter.  I'm looking forward to watching this take shape.