How To Hang Thin Wood Art

Position the picture on a wall and mark the top of the frame with a pencil or chalk.

How to hang thin wood art. Here are some of the ways you can hang a flat canvas panel. The 20 length presumes you want to hang the piece with its 24 dimension horizontal. One block of wood is installed securely on the wall and the other.

Instead try hanging heavy artwork with aircraft cable a thin flexible but exceptionally strong steel cable found at hardware stores. Create a frame to add on top of the plywood like we did for my wood slice art bear art or Adventurers sign but I. Although I may do this for a future project I liked the idea of.

Framing and Hanging Wood Panels. Press each strip down onto the back of the board and hold it for 30 seconds. Attach thin wire or fishing line to the back of the picture frame and hang from the top of the panel.

So here were the options we considered. Create the frame and then nail the plywood on top. Otherwise the strips could come loose.

Use hangars that hang over the top edge of the paneling. Let the glue dry for at least 24 hours before trying to hang the painting. If you dont mind the painting hanging a couple of millimeters from the wall you could glue a wooden board to the backside of the painting using wood glue PVA fortified with very shallow screws if possible if only for the drying process and let it hang from the anchors.

It helps to have an extra set of hands and step back to view if you are not using a template for placement. Make the cleats as you normally would out of 1x6 lumber but make sure its a couple of inches shorter than the width of the artwork. 2 Buy stretcher bars from an art store or get a wooden frame.