apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time


Plywood Art


We were first introduced to plywood art when our artist friend, Dan created these cool plywood pieces with handmade vinyl decals. So simple and inexpensive we thought we'd round up a handful of inspirational ways to incorporate plywood art into your own home...

 
 

Vinyl decals (handmade or bought) seem to be the fastest and easiest way to go when creating your own piece of plywood art. But then again, Laura's found piece of weathered plywood was effortless and can be distressed in the backyard with the elements. We're really digging Plywerk's photo mounting idea to create a salon style grouping of plain plywood pieces. Minimal in design and color but adds a ton of texture to the space. Our favorite just might be J.T.'s artistic vision--taking a drill bits of different sizes and drilling into the wood. His method reveals alternate colors of the plywood making this a great solution for DIY art. If you're like us, drawing simple shapes is within our comfort zone and we found the perfect example for inspiration here.

Related Posts

(Images: 1. Laura's Art Fusion, 2. Dan's Art Filled Animal House, 3. Tree Art By b Green Design, 4. Pywerk Photo Mounting, 5. J.T. Kirkland, 6. )

Tags

DIY, inspiration, art, plywood, DIY, inspiration, display, craft, grouping

Related Links

Share

Comments (4)

I don't love the art but I do appreciate the way the grain of the wood plays off the grain in the marble. Very cool.

posted by ChrisToronto on September 22nd 2009 at 11:11am
view ChrisToronto's profile

I'm not interested in plywood art. However, I live that fuschia chair. It would be lovely in my living room.

posted by Midwestdiva on September 22nd 2009 at 4:18pm
view Midwestdiva's profile

Beth,

Not a big deal but your attribution of the first image to Laura's Art Fusion is incorrect. It is actually my apartment submitted for 2008's Small Cool Contest. See link below: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/small-cool-2008-midwest/midwest-14-annies-logan-square-home-048199

Thanks!

posted by kitkatkasha on September 23rd 2009 at 2:08pm
view kitkatkasha's profile

does anyone have suggestions about how to hang a large piece of plywood like this? Or even the small ones for that matter...

posted by eag2h on November 2nd 2009 at 2:26pm
view eag2h's profile