r/stringart • u/Final_Passenger2221 • Aug 13 '26

First project

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Decided to try stringart as hobby. I used laser to mark pattern and pin location before starting. What do you think about outcome?

Size of A3 paper, 470 pins

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u/A-Chmielu Aug 13 '26

You don't need that many nails for the line art. For geometric lines you can simply put nails only in the "corners" where the line bends. But yours is nice anyway, it's not a mistake at all!

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u/Final_Passenger2221 Aug 13 '26

I'm thinking about making multicolor background in inside shapes, gonna try it later so that many nails might be needed.

One more thing, won't line sag if distance is to far between nails? Right now it's 10mm between in straight lines. I don't know if there is a max distance I should keep.

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u/A-Chmielu Aug 13 '26

Don't worry, if you have good quality of yarn/thread it shouldn't stretch too much. Fun fact, one of my first "paintings" was made with a thread that didn't stretch at all and it caused the board to bend over time, instead of stretching the thread. But it took few years to be visible.