I bent a wire hanger into a circle, then hung paper clips around the hanger. Next, I draped ties over each paper clip. I cropped the photo in photoshop and turned it black and white (which was used to distract from viewing the color and look at the use of the paper clips).
![Creation of Tie Rack: Step 1](images/contests/paper-clips-2/infosteps/fullsize/53763_51678eef4f84c.jpg)