Introduction: Low Poly Wooden Wall Art

About: Urška Merc

Inspired by https://www.instructables.com/id/Tessellated-Wooden-Art I made a low poly picture of a hummingbird.

Step 1: Things You Need

Materials:

  • piece of plywood (mine was 12mm sheet)
  • scrap piece of wood or plywood for the background
  • spray adhesive or any other glue to attach template to the plywood
  • paint
  • wood glue
  • super glue
  • wall hanging hardware

Tools:

  • printer
  • saw (I used a scroll saw)
  • sanding paper

Step 2: Cutting the Template

printed an image of a hummingbird on two sheets of paper and glued them on a 12mm plywood. I cut each triangle out with a scroll saw. While doing so, I numbered each triangle on the printed image as well as on the underside of the wooden pieces.

Step 3: Painting and Glueing

I lightly sanded and painted each piece before starting to glue them onto the wood board. Because the pieces were very small, I couldn’t use any clamps; instead, I applied wood glue along with a bit of super glue to hold the pieces in place while the wood glue set.

Step 4: Final Product

All in all, I am pretty happy with how my little project turned out! Though, if I were to do it again, I would definitely use a larger mesh size, since some pieces were so small that I had to use tweezers while placing them down.