Its a different way to hang art rather than the typical frame or canvas. Its also really easy to make your own! I bought a cute tea towel from a booth at an antique mall here in Colorado and thought it would make an awesome piece of art in a kitchen or dining room so, I made it into one of these hanging posters and now I'm a little obsessed!
I decided to make another and show you all how quick and easy (and cheap!) it is. To start, you'll need a piece of art (I used another tea towel. You can find them anywhere, I found this cute olive one at Home Goods). You will also need some rope and a a dowel rod.
First, cut the dowel rod in half and drill a hole in each end of ONE of the pieces.
Next, stain the dowel rod pieces and let them dry.
Now its assembly time! All you have to do is push the rope through the holes and tie a double or triple knot to keep it from slipping back through the hole. Cut off any excess.
Heat up a glue gun and start by gluing one corner first just to get everything straightened out. Make sure the dowel rod is even on the art so that one side isnt hanging over farther than the other and keep the glue close to the edge so that it doesnt show over the top of the dowel rod.
Now just run your glue down in a straight line and stick the rod right on top. Hold for a couple seconds and move on to another section. Its best to work in small sections so you can keep it all straight.
Now, glue the other dowel piece to the bottom in the same way.
All done!
A super unique and cheap way to display art (or in my case tea towels).
---Jackie
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