This DIY wall string art project is a fun and easy way to create decorative wall hangings using only nails and string. The process involves printing your design image, outlining the shape with nails, and tying the pattern to the wood. Then, using string, outline the shape, remove the paper pattern after highlighting the nails, and tie off loose strings.
This project can be made using foam boards, push pins, wood, or nails. The actual time to create the string art is about an hour, but you can also use wood and nails for a more personalized look. The supplies needed include wood (12 in. x 12 in.), colored yarn, and nails.
In addition to the basic materials, this tutorial also includes instructions on how to make one-of-a-kind state-themed wall art in under an hour and for less than $10. You will need wood, nails, string, and a template to create beautiful string art designs.
A typography-inspired DIY string art sign can be created with any word you like, such as “tranquility” from Germany. To create this, you will need a wooden board, canvas, or foam board as the base, nails to hold the string in place, string or twine, a hammer to drive the nails, a pencil to trace the design, and scissors to trim.
For those looking for a fun DIY craft project without requiring many tools or supplies, check out these creative string art ideas and templates for inspiration. In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to do string art, along with an easy trick to paint letters on wood.
📹 How to make string art wall decor
I have used foam boards and push pins for this project. It is very light weight and easy to hang. You may use wood and nails too.
📹 How to make String Art | Tutorial
Https://www.patreon.com/jackwood25 In this video, I showed you guys how to make string art. This is a perfect gift for any ocassion …
I remember doing this back in the day at school when i was like 14 and it was a piece of wood and hammering on all the nails in it. It was a pain in the ass but it looked just so beautiful! By the way there’re a couple things that are so so with this…a) you don’t need a protractor at all to divide a circle in six as just using the radius you used to trace it, you can use it to mark six equal places along the circumference. And also, doubt the precission of using a straight tape over the curved line of the circle. It’s way better to take the measurement on the compass and do it with it.
Hi, I dont understand! I made de circle with a ratio of 20cm (40 diameter) but I cant get the 30 points of 7mm. I get 29 on the sides and 27 on the ratio inside lines… I had everything ready and now I cannot keep going cause Im afraid it wont work… : ( I double triple checked, what am I doing wrong? Any suggestions??
Hi, I dont understand! I made de circle with a ratio of 20cm (40 diameter) but I cant get the 30 points of 7mm. I get 29 on the sides and 27 on the ratio inside lines… I had everything ready and now I cannot keep going cause Im afraid it wont work… : ( I double triple checked, what am I doing wrong? Any suggestions? Can u help pleeeeease?
Hello Jack. I did some string art when I was about 5 years old in school, I am now about to turn 71. I am really wanting to do some string art but don’t have a clue about how to achieve the look I would like. I love the art Deco era and have just decorated my living room in touches of it. It was all about shapes then. Arches and curves but also boxes and lines. I just don’t have a clue how to go about this. Can you help. You have been the only tutorial that really caught my eye. Also, well done with that piece as it looks stunning. Shirley from the UK.
Hi I need your website I’m going to subscribe this is my very first time so I’m really excited I love string art it’s one of my favorite things and I’m thinking about doing something in my bedroom on the wall we have an agency kind of thing going so I was thinking about maybe some koi fish in a yin Yang or no I was just trying to think of something do you think you could make something like that? I’d love to go look at your shop and see what you have!
Hey Jack, this is such a wonderful work, but I just wanted to ask you a question.. I’m planning to do this work but in a bigger size and I wanted to make it in a 150cm length and 65cm in width (or could you pls describe a suitable width) I would like to know what would be the dimensions for the nails and could you pls tell me from where I should start and also how much I would have to add in the diagonal line. Thank you so much for this article, it’s great 👍🏼
If you have a Brother Scan N Cut DX machine you can scan up to 12×24 inch images, use the trace image feature to capture the exterior or whole image’s lines, save it as data (in .FCM format) to be manipulated further either on the cutter itself and/or with their desktop software. In their software you can select the lines of that newly scanned image to change them to perforated lines, change the thickness of the lines, use layering if you like, and then choose the primary type of tool to use (cut or draw). Save it as a project file, export it as a .FCM to your computer, export it once more to your cutter. Once it is in the cutter or on a USB Flash Drive plugged into the cutter you can simply change from any of the built-in tool options: Draw, Cut, Foil, Paper Pierce, Emboss, etc. Load whatever tool is most appropriate for your needs and let the machine do all the work. To make your line drawing as a scalable connect the dots type of pattern you would use draw mode. You can use the little marker pens meant for the pen holder that ships with every cutter. Or you can buy an optional Universal Pen holder for either small barrel or larger barrel pens/markers. I believe there is a 3D printed Universal Pen holder that can adapt to almost any size or shaped pen or pencil. There are specialty pens such as toner pens and glue pens that you could use as well. You can use the plotter/draw feature of the cutter to basically make templates to sell to people that would be too larger for your average home printer or some wide format printer to handle.