Timber Slat Wall Hanging, 65 cm

Sixty-five centimetres tall and forty wide. Timber slats of graduated lengths strung onto a circular ring, with a second smaller ring layered inside it and wooden beads threaded around the top. The slats fan out and taper to points, so the shape is wide at the shoulders and comes to a V at the bottom.

About the construction.
The two rings are what make her. A single fan of slats is a flat object; the inner ring sits behind the outer one and carries its own shorter fan, so there is a second layer of pattern behind the first and the whole thing has depth rather than just outline. The beads around the top ring finish the edge and keep the eye from stopping at a bare circle.

About the size.
At 65 by 40 cm she is a vertical piece, which makes her the one for a narrow wall where a round or square piece would not fit: beside a door, in a stairwell, between two windows, on the short wall of a hallway. Hung above a console, leave 20 to 25 cm between the top of the console and the bottom of the slats.

About the material.
Natural timber, unstained, so the colour is the wood's own pale honey. It adds texture without adding colour, which is what a neutral wall usually needs - a piece that carries a pattern commits the room to something, and she does not.

How she hangs.
Light, and a single fixing at the top ring takes her. In a rented apartment an adhesive strip will hold her, provided the wall is clean, dry and out of afternoon sun.

Indoors or outdoors.
Both. Natural timber lightens where the sun reaches it, so outdoors expect the tone to pale over the first season. In a bathroom she is fine if it is ventilated; in one that steams up without a window, less so.

Care.
Dust with a soft dry brush, going down the slats rather than across. Keep her dry.

Good to know

• 65 cm high, 40 cm wide
  
• Graduated timber slats on two rings, with a beaded top
  
• Light enough for an adhesive fixing
  
• Suits a narrow vertical wall
  
• Indoors or outdoors
  
• Hand-strung, so the fan varies between pieces