How To Hang Driftwood On Wall

Place two or more hooks cup hooks where you need them according to the shape and size of your wood.

How to hang driftwood on wall.

While smooth dowels are easy to add to a weaving just slip through the loops at the top and you re done driftwood is a bit trickier. Spray 20 pieces of 6 inch long driftwood with insect spray to remove any ants or beetles living in the wood. Stand on the scale holding the driftwood and take a measurement then stand alone. Drill a hole through the center.

Because of their uneven sometimes gnarly bits slipping driftwood through the top loops of a finished weaving causes each loop to sit at different heights thus creating a wobbly hanging. Here s the best way to figure out where to put the eye pins. Weigh the driftwood on a scale to determine its weight. Hold the driftwood up on the wall so it s lying as flat as possible a second set of hands helps with this and then hold up one strand of yarn rings to see where it needs to be positioned to hang nicely.

Mark with a pencil and repeat for each strand. It s up to you how long to cut the string play around with it and then keep one length of string set aside so you can use it as a template to cut more. How to hang driftwood 1. Insert one piece of driftwood in a vise.

Ultimately you want to cut it a bit more than twice as long as you want it to hang. Cut a 60 inch long piece of heavy twine. How to hang a heavy driftwood sculpture. Use screw in wall anchors to handle the weight.

From cup hooks to coat hooks and plant hangers you have numerous hook options to cradle or hold long straight or curvy driftwood on the wall. Loop the string around the driftwood. Attach the d hooks to the cup hooks.