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Wayne Pearson Relief Artist, Sculptor, Painter Wall Hanging Tips     An artwork that tips frequently is an annoyance, and precision alignment of screws in your wall can seem downright impossible...     A metal wire loosely stretched across the back of any framed art is, by far, the easiest wall hanging hardware to work with.  And, with the wire attached close to the top, your art also hangs flat against your wall.     My prints and relief paintings are all framed, and they all have wire stretched across the back for easy wall hanging.  The wire I use is solid; so, it kinks slightly over the screw, nail, or hook on your wall.  The slight kink in the solid wire also helps prevent tipping.   For long or wide artwork, two-point hanging prevents tipping; use two screws in your wall instead of one.     Here's a very easy way to perfectly align your collections of artwork on your walls...     A paint stirring stick, or a similar size piece of wood, is easy to hold against a wall just above your artwork.     A drywall screw, about an inch long, is sharp and hard, and can be used as a scratch awl, to mark a very exact screw hole location on your wall.     So, screw a drywall screw part way into a stick, about an inch from the end of the stick.  The screw point should come through the other side of the stick.     Hook your artwork on the head of the drywall screw and hold the stick up against your wall.     Situate the artwork exactly where you want it to hang on the wall.     Then, press the point of the drywall screw into the wall, to mark the wall.     If you're hanging many artworks on one wall, you will also want to shine a laser level line on the wall.     Whether you're hanging one or many artworks, your job will be much easier to do with this handy hanging stick. Copyright © 2005, 2007 Wayne Pearson. All rights reserved.