Diamond Shaped Wood and Mosaic Wall Art

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Looking for a unique DIY wall art idea with a fun twist? Awesome! You will LOVE this wall art!

Diamond Shaped Wood and Mosaic Wall Art

I’ve been wanting to incorporate a diamond shaped wall piece to my home decor for awhile now. I just couldn’t seem to find anything in a store that made me go “WOW, this is exactly what I want!” My solution? Just DIY what I wanted instead!

To add a little twist to this DIY Wall Art, I decided to build it without using any glue! With the help of Scotch® Brand I knew I could do it! Have you had a chance to see all the things I was able to check off my to-do list with the help of Scotch® Brand?

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Diamond Shaped Wood and Mosaic Wall Art

Supplies:

• Scotch® Extreme Mounting Tape
• Scotch® Clear Mounting Tape
• Scissors (I adore my Scotch™ Precision Scissors!)
• Foam board
• Pencil
• Ruler
• 3/4″ thick plywood
• Scrap pieces of wood
• Sanding sponge (I use the 3M™ Pro Grade Precision Ultra Flexible Sanding Sponge.)
• Paint with foam brush, paper towel, wax paper, and water
• Stained glass or mosaic tiles
• Safety glasses (I really like my pink and white 3M™ Flat Temple Safety Eyewear.)
• Stained glass cutters
• ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape
• Grout
• Plastic spatula
• Sponge
• Rubber gloves
• Command™ Large Picture Hanging Strips

Tools:

• Compound miter saw
• Table saw
• Jig saw

Cut list:

• Plywood Background: 17 3/4″ wide by 20 3/4″ high
• Frame pieces: 4x – 14″ long x 1 1/4″ wide x 1/2″ thick with miter angles of 40 degrees on one end and 50 degrees on the opposite end.
• Interior pieces: 4x – 7″ long x 1 1/4″ wide x 1/4″ thick with miter angles of 40 degrees on one end and 50 degrees on the opposite end.

Instructions:

Step 1: I started off by tracing my desired diamond shape design onto a piece of foam board with the help of a pencil and a ruler. I did this in order to get an idea of what it would look like and it would also show me the exact sizes and shapes of the wood pieces I would need in order to put it together.

Step 2: Once I determined my design was perfect, we traced the outline of the diamond onto the piece of plywood. Using a jigsaw, we cut out the piece.

Step 3: We measured and traced the 4 frame pieces and the 4 interior pieces onto scrap wood. We used a table saw and the compound miter saw to cut out the pieces.

Step 4: With a sanding sponge, we sanded the 8 pieces of wood and the piece of plywood.

We then dry-fitted the frame pieces over the piece of plywood to make sure they all fit nicely together.

We made it so that the frame pieces would hang over the side of the piece of plywood by 1/4″.

Step 5: Using the same staining technique I usually use, I stained the 8 pieces of wood in brown.

It’s important to also stain the piece of plywood we had cut out for the base of the project, for hanging. I let them dry out for a couple hours.

Step 6: Next up, cutting the stained glass!

First thing we did was put on our safety glasses (very important!). We placed the stained glass on a flat surface and used our stained glass cutters to cut the stained glass in small pieces.

Safety tip: When using glass cutters, always cut away from you. To break the pieces apart once the glass is scored, snap outwards and not inwards, placing your thumbs parallel to each side of the score.

Step 7: Time to attach the pieces of wood onto the plywood!

We placed all the pieces into place and traced around them in order to make sure they were well positioned when it would be time to stick them into place.

We applied Scotch® Extreme Mounting Tape onto the back of each piece of wood. For the center pieces, we applied two pieces of Scotch® Extreme Mounting Tape to make sure they had mounting tape their entire width.

We removed the backing and placed each piece into place making sure to apply pressure for about 60 seconds.

Step 8: We placed Scotch® Clear Mounting Tape behind each piece of stained glass we planned on using for the mosaic.

We then proceeded to place them inside the diamond.

By leaving the backing of the Scotch® Clear Mounting Tape on, we were able to move the stained glasses pieces around as we pleased.

When the design was to our liking, we removed the backing and pressed the stained glass pieces into place.

Step 9: We applied ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape over each piece of wood.

Step 10: Time to grout the diamond mosaic wall art!

We followed the mixing and application directions found on the box of the grout we purchased.

We applied the grout over the stained glass using rubber gloves and a plastic spatula.

Again, following the directions we removed the excess grout with a wet sponge.

Step 11: Once we were finished removing the excess grout, we removed the ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape from the pieces of wood while the grout was still wet.

We let the grout dry for 24 hours.

Step 12: Now the really fun part, displaying the beautiful Diamond Shaped Wood and Mosaic Wall Art!

The mosaic wall art weighs about 10lbs so we applied four pieces of Command™ Large Picture Hanging Strips onto the back of the mosaic.

Since it was our first time using this product, we made sure to read the hanging instructions, the illustrations were really useful too!

One of the great things about using Command™ Large Picture Hanging Strips, besides the fact that it makes displaying artwork super fast and easy to remove, it also allows the artwork to be completely flat on the surface, so no shifting at all.

Diamond Shaped Wood and Mosaic Wall Art

What do you think of my brand new DIY wall art? Isn’t it fabulous? I love how it turned out! Crazy that it was made without using any glue or nails! I think I may make another one, in fact I believe I have enough stained glass to make two more!

I hope I have inspired you to DIY your own wall art and that hopefully you will try to build one in an untraditional way, it makes it even more fun!

Did you see the Nail-Less, Screw-Less, Glue-Less Birdhouse we built? It’s untraditional and super fun!

Have yourself a FABULOUS day!

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Disclosure: A big THANK YOU to Scotch Brand for sponsoring this post. As always, all opinions in this post are 100% my own.