Nickle chrome alloy? That seems like a good match as it was plenty tough. Really fine wire is useless for weaving. I tested some of the finer wires and they can easily separate by hand tension while having no strength to resist being deformed once put into a weave. Also too fine to be visually appealing. I really liked the aluminum windings but on pull test easily broke so it was a no go and also way too bendable. The hobby type wire has silver and gold coatings for color as well as just bare wire that is "dead soft" for easy forming. I did obtain some very good bare wire from the control wires of a watering system I took out. I used most of that for a light fixture I created and wrapped. I used 1/2 inch copper tubing for the light stand and then heavy gauge copper wire for the base wire. Two strands spiraled up the stand and then weaved with the wire from the irrigation system. I then tried oxidizing it with my liver of sulfur but I had issues with the oxidation flaking off at first until I learned to thin it down as it was way too concentrated the first few tries. Now I know to just start with a couple drops in solution to get desired results.