Driftwood and Sea Glass Sunburst

The wood was washed in vinegar water and dried, I gathered a pile of sticks that were 6" to 12" for this project. The base was a thin piece of mdf board that was cut was cut out to resemble a donut.

The wood pieces offer different tones, shapes and textures. In fitting them in place I always say its like doing a puzzle, wiggle and twist until it fits! I used a few dabs of hot glue for immediate grip along with Aleene's Tacky glue which was slower to dry but gave extra strength to the attached pieces. I don't use nails, I'm not a lover of seeing the holes they leave.

You'll notice the bare gaps between the sticks? This is where another layer will be fitted into place to hide the back base.

Here's the overall look after one layer of sticks has been glued into place.

So again as the previous directions stated glue with 2 types of glue, one for temporary hold and the other for the permanent grip. To finish off the raw inside edge I glued two layers of large jute rope. I sealed the cut ends with tacky glue to prevent fraying. The sea glass was glued into place with the reliable E6000 glue!

Here it is hanging in a beach themed bedroom, its hung using two Command Hooks for weight over 4 kg. This is fairly heavy piece but its hanging very securely on the wall now!

Here's a closeup of the glass and rope interior, I like the hint of ocean color. By the way this shade was created using white beach glass that I painted with Martha Stewart's frosted glass paint! The other green shades above are found naturally but I wanted blue! So what does a crafter do? They make it happen!

Here is another similar driftwood sunburst but this one has a mirror http://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/mirror/d...

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