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- Mark the distance you want your screw eyes from the top of your canvas, about 1/4 of the way down.
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- You can drill a starter hole or you can pound the tip of a small nail in, just something your screw eye will sink in to.
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- Put a drop of strong glue on the end of your screw eye, I use E6000.
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- Hold your screw eye up next to your canvas to make sure how far you can sink it.
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- Twist the screw eye into the canvas or panel with your fingers.
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- Make the last few twists with pliers. Then, let the glue dry for half an hour.
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- Thread your picture hanging wire through the screw eye from the top.
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- Pull the wire through tightly.
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- Twist the short end over the long wire.
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- Twist it to the side…
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- …and then underneath.
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- Loop it underneath the long wire and then up through the screw eye.
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- Pull the wire through the screw eye.
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- Pull the wire firmly so it’s tight.
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- Loop the wire over the long wire…
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- Then start twisting tight circles around the long wire.
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- Keep twisting until you have about 7-10 tight circles.
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- It should look like this.
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- Snip off any remaining end.
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- If you have non-plastic-coated wire, wrap a small piece of black electrical tape around the ends so the gallery owners don’t poke their fingers when hanging.
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- Figure out the length of your hanging wire and do the same procedure to the 2nd side. Note, if your painting is heavy, make the wire a little tighter as it will stretch and lengthen as the weight of the painting settles on it.
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- I write the title of the painting on the back of each piece. I also tape a “painting tag” on the back until the piece sells. This makes it easy for exhibiting, even if the gallery prints their own tags, all the info is on the one I taped to the back.
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- You are finished! As a last touch, I glue my business card and stamp my website onto the back. I paint on panels, if you are working with canvas, maybe attach it to the inside of the stretcher bars.