I’ve seen string art all over the place. I think it looks really cool and colorful and dimensional. My favorite is this one from Bigger Than the Three of Us:
I wanted to give it a try, but on a smaller scale. I still have a ton of pieces of parquet flooring, so I thought I would use that as my canvas. This is my first pass:
Ok, so I like the color and the concept. But the execution is off. Here’s what’s not to do:
- Don’t use dressmaker pins. I chose those because they were at Michael’s and I thought that I would like the look of them better than a regular nail. The problem is they were a little too long and they weren’t strong enough. They kept bending as I was nailing them in.
- Don’t use a meat tenderizer to hammer the nails in. Does anyone else do this? Sometimes I’m too lazy to look for my hammer. Give me a break.
- Don’t get your embroidery floss is in a knot. It will frustrate you, I promise.
- Don’t use the single toned embroidery floss. Ok, you can if you want, but the ombre version looks really cool!
My goal for this string art project is to make a whole bunch of them and make sort of a collage of them, so this a work in progress that I will be updating periodically.
Any string art inspiration to share??