If you master it, you can then buy a more complicated, customized pattern and improve your skills. You can also look into the internet for more string art inspirations. For a simple DIY string art project you will need these materials: If you follow along here, you know that I have a studio and that I have already created these flower wall letters and these burlap wall letters to go over my windows. The final letters, C-R-A-F-T, finished off the walls over the far right window. Choose where you want to start your string and tie the string in a knot around a nail, just underneath the nail head. Add a dab of white glue to the knot. Don’t trim off the excess string right away, allow the glue to set while you move on to the next step.

Squeeze out a puddle of white glue onto a plate. Dip the tip of the nail into the glue then place it in a drilled hole. By the way, you can use a foam board and needles instead of a wooden board and small nails. This option is easier to make, but it is much more unstable and fragile. Besides, it is usually used for string art for kids because it is safer.I’ve seen several string art projects around lately and love them all. String art is time-consuming, but the end result is beautiful and well worth the effort. When I decided to turn my last set of studio wall letters into string art, it wasn’t before going through several other ideas first.

If you do not have a printer at home, you can simply place a sheet of paper on the computer screen and copy the contour. From the often velvet-covered chairs to the glass bottles of beautiful colour lined neatly on marble-effect shelves, there are many things that make a visit to the salon a magical experience. And in 2023 we intend to take full advantage of our appointment with our nail technicians. How, you ask? By opting for some stunning nail art. I’m really happy with how my letters turned out! I’m glad I decided on the string art and making them so colorful. It really fits well in my studio!

My tutorial focuses on using these MDF letters, which are hard to hammer into. For that reason I used a simple power drill with the smallest drill bit to make the holes. I also used glue and what seemed like a gazillion small nails. For this string art you will need:

When you are finished and the glue has had a chance to set, use a tiny pairof sewing scissors to carefully trim off excess strings from any knots. When going around curves you will not have an even number of nails across from each other. You will need to wrap one nail multiple times as you zig zag.

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TIP: Occasionally the trailing end of your string may tangle. Because you must keep the string taught to avoid unravelling your project, place a heavy object on your string (I used my drill) so that your hands can be freed to untangle the end. Tap the nail 2-3 times with the hammer to seat it in the hole. The glue will help secure the nail in place. If you wish to make decals, insert the sheet into a smooth plastic sheet protector (the kind you get for binders) and make your design as you would with the reverse decal method Nails on the sheet appear with the Proximal Nail Fold (PNF)/base of the nail at the top and the free edge at the bottom If you laminate the sheets you can use them with gels OR acrylic paint (eg: practicing one-stroke flowers)

This project took me a couple of days, just like this State String Artdid.The first day I spent a few hours on it, the second day almost all day. I used approximately 2-3 skeins of floss for each letter. Some letters needed more than others. Drill holes about halfway through the letter (don’t go all the way through the MDF), just to give the nail a head start. TIP: Hold the string taught the entire time you are wrapping. If you loosen it, your hard work will unravel. For some of the free printable string art patterns, you do not have to necessarily hammer a nail at each point, but still, they have to be enough to keep shape and contour.

String Art Wall Letters

Remember when nail art consisted of water-painted flowers and glittery dragons? Those were the days. However, after its short-lived moment in the early noughties, nail art really dropped off the grid for a little while. In stark contrast to the grandeur and excess of embellished talons and intricate patterns, for the last 10 years or so, nail trends and manicures have, for the most part, remained monotonal, simple and polished.