Low Poly Wooden Wall Art

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

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

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.

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.

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.