Some of the decade specific styles may be quite old fashioned if you lived then or are into vintage pictures of interior decoration. People’s homes had many warm brown and green tones, such as avocado, goldenrod and rust tones were prevalent as the major color scheme. It was not only wood-paneled walls and orange shag carpets, but kitchen appliances, phones, and even posters matched with such a combination of colors and style. Incidentally, the “Bargain Block” hosts from HGTV, namely Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas, are bringing back ‘70s craft known as “string art.
You who are into DIY projects must surely be sitting on stacks or pieces of wood. Instead of trashing them, turn them into your customized signature piece. Therefore, this will be an enjoyable action, which you can perform independently. You may also try this with the entire family without any difficulties as it is suitable for both highly skilled and new individuals. Certainly, ensure proper supervision of children once you let them use nails and hammer. You can kick off by gathering all the woods you have to check on your supplies.
Using leftovers on string art.
String art has three fundamental components that apply across the board if you have not seen them before. Other than wooden planks, this pattern also involves one-inch nails hammered in beautiful sequence and colorful string wound around the nails to produce the weaving effect. Hence, when taking your scraps of wood into consideration you have your initial design choice. Do you find that you have enough materials, or will components need to be joined to create a sufficient canvas surface? Form a shape that you like by moving your planks around. What is your preferred finish for the wood, stain or stained? Start by sanding, choosing your favorite wood-stain color, and finishing with a sealant or polyurethane if you so prefer.
Maybe you could start with a scrap of wood.ҽ You may select a simple shape for example, a tree or a cup of coffee. Using dots, sketch out the outline of say a tree on the paper. Once done, stick the paper on the wood and drive a nail in every perforated dot. However, do not hammer on too deep. You need to wrap a bit of string around each nail so that sharp tip is not sticking out at the back side. Peel away from the paper. Tie any of you nails, then weave your string. When you are done with that, then tie it again and cut out whatever protrudes from the knot.
Further approaches and resources that can be used for the same project.
You can have your wooden canvas in blocks that are flat just like pieces of puzzle, or stack one or more blocks of wood onto each other for a collage. By then, your nails would have uneven heights and the result would be multi-dimensional. Also look around your already decorated space to determine whether to choose the warmer or the cooler colors as well as lighter and darker wood. Another concept for a pattern would be to snap a picture with your cell phone and then scan it, printing it out in black and white at home and marking it with dots that indicate the desired thing with a pencil. Search for images with a view of how people weave the string – what looks good?
ia: What looks messy and unfocused? Standard nail spacing is ¼ inch, but you can try all sorts of spacings.
The same applies to stores that are new stock and you probably never own them anyway (like a small craft hammer e.g. this one on Amazon). Make sure you also use a pair of needle-nosed pliers on each nail to keep them from slipping and hurting our fingers. This grouping from Chiciewe that uses embroidery floss, a strong thread in metallic or another glittery color, is preferred by the “Bargain Block” hosts. A better option is a string of hemp cord, like this rich blue one from Hemptique.
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