Tips for Hanging
Felt-Backed Artwork
As my work is taking on more ambiguous, non-standard shapes, the way to hang them starts to become a bit more non-standard too. Nailing art directly to the wall through the fibers may seem a little scary, but not to fret! I’ve put together a few how-to’s to ensure you hang your new artwork with ease. Here’s how:
Locate the dots on the back of your artwork.
To help guide you, I’ve placed little sticker dots on the back of your art at points that I recommend you nail through.
Suggested nail placement is marked with small white dots on the back of the artwork.
Hot Tip: When choosing ideal spots for nails, put a nail in the loop pile (the loopy texture areas). The nail gets easily buried in the texture and makes the work appear to be held up by magic. If you need to put additional nails in the work outside of the loop pile, choose spots in the seam between the flat, punched texture and the whipstitched border. Example is circled in the image below.
Can you spot the nail? Believe it or not, there’s one within the circled area! Nails placed in the seam between the flat, punched texture and the whipstitched border become nearly invisible.
Hammer time!
Grab the nails included in your box and a hammer and go for it! Before starting to hammer, make sure that your hammer’s head is clean. Align the nails at the recommended sticker spots or the location of your choosing. Press the nail all the way through the work until you hit the wall. Gently hammer the nail into the wall until you can’t see the nail head. The nail should get buried in the fiber’s texture. Easy peasy!
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