Supplies you will need:
2 Eyehooks |
Wire - gauge will depend on canvas | weight; read packages for information when purchasing. |
Wire cutters
Ruler
Step 1
You should have your canvas face down so you can see the stretcher bars on the back.
Make sure you take note of where the top of your painting is so that you put the wire in the right place!
Step 2
With the top of your canvas in the right position, measure the side of your canvas with the ruler. You should be placing the wire between 1/4 and 1/3 of the way down.
My canvas is 16x20, so I am measuring down 5 inches on the 16 inch side and placing a mark with my pencil.
Repeat this for the opposite side - make sure you place a mark at the exact same measurement!
Step 3
Push the tip of one of your eyehooks into the inside edge of the stretcher bar, lined up with your pencil mark. Placing the eyehook on the inside edge will help your painting to lie flat against your customer's wall and avoid leaving any wall damage.
Step 4
Twist the eyehook into the stretcher bar. The wood used in the stretcher bars is fairly soft, so it should be easy to twist in. Make sure you twist it in straight so it does not come up through the top of the stretcher bar or through the bottom and into your painting!
Step 5
Repeat Step 3 and 4 for the opposite stretcher bar so that both eye hooks are in place.

Step 6
Measure out your wire so that it is abot 6-8" longer than the eyehooks on both sides. I usually line it up and then cut it with my wire cutters.
Step 7
It is important that the wire is secured to the eyehook. This step describes how to tie the wire onto the eyehook. First you should loop the wire from underneath the eyehook and up.

Next you should make a letter "P" with the wire by looping it underneath of itself.

Now push the tip of the wire through this loop.

Pull tightly for a very secure knot.

To make the wire even more secure, you should knot it again. To do this, first pull the end of the wire through the eyehook again from underneath and back up.

Push the tip of the wire through the loop.

Pull tightly for a second secure knot.
Step 8
Repeat Step 7 for the opposite eyehook. When you first put the wire through the second eyehook, make sure the wire is taut. You do not want slack wire; as the wire hangs it will loosen some, so you do not want to loosen so much that the painting no longer hangs correctly!
Step 9
Wrap the extra wire on both ends around the taut wire going across the canvas. I wrap mine very tightly for extra stabilization.
Now admire your professional, wire hanging!
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