DIY Idea: Wood Slice Wall Art

created at: 04/21/2012

Looking to spice up your living room walls on a budget? Well I cam across Debra Pagel’s wood slice wall sculptures on Etsy and thought to myself, “Wow that’s really cool stuff. And that’s actually something I could make!” It’s not often that such realizations come to me (my tiny NYC apartment isn’t exactly conducive to many sculpture projects).  

created at: 04/21/2012

In all of Pagel’s pieces, slices from varying sizes of tree branches are glued (or so I imagine since I don’t see any nails) to a base board that looks like plywood. Pretty easy DIY project, don’t you think?

created at: 04/21/2012

I really like the look of all the unpainted wood slices, but there’s something very striking about painting some of the slices a single color, like this:

created at: 04/21/2012

Check out Debra Pagel’s Etsy show to see more of her work