Hello Y'all! Happy Monday.
Boy do I have a project for you. It is super easy and fun. And according to a great friend, therapeutic. Shall we get started?
+Supplies+
-Piece of wood, size, shape, thickness, it doesn't matter
-Nails (1/2 in- 3/4 in)
-String-any color will do
-Hammer
-Tape
-Printed picture
-Stain
If you need to cut your wood down into a certain size do that first. You can sand it then and stain it with whatever you choose. I chose Teak Oil, I really like the look of the natural wood grain in this piece so I wanted to keep it close to that.
Once your piece of wood is ready to go you are going to want to find a picture or words that you want to string. I chose a rhino, why? I don't know. I was feeling the rhino (maybe Teagan had a slight say) and thought that it would look pretty cute.
Cut out the silhouette of your image and place it on your board. Secure it with tape.
Begin hammering nails along the edge of your silhouette spacing them apart as you wish. I chose about 1/4-1/2 inch and closer in the more detailed areas.
Once you have the nails the way you like and completely outlining your silhouette rip the paper off. Be careful not to take the nails out. (**Take a picture of your silhouette nailed to your board with your phone so you can reference the order of nails in the detailed areas)
To start the string you are going to want to make a knot around one of the nails. Once you have done that begin to wrap your string around the silhouette creating your outline.
Now that you have your outline down continue with the string going randomly back and forth (this is the therapeutic part) until you have filled in your picture to your liking. There is no need to cut your string and start over. You simply just continue until you have finished your image.
TaDa! There you have it.
We wanna see your String Art. Share it with us.
