Hexagon String Art

Kevin Greene shares their stage designs at Village Baptist Church in Destin, Florida.

Assembly
For this project, we built 5 6’ hexagons and 2 hourglass shapes that are the inverse of the hexagons. We used pine 2x4s, about 18’ per shape. The size of the shapes was determined by the length of the wall we have at 26’. Each corner of the shapes was glued, screwed, and braced with flat brackets. A 1/2” channel was routed on the back inside corner of each 2×4 so when assembled, there is space for the LED strip to be hidden. The shapes are placed in free-standing mounts for easy positioning. Everything was painted black. Chauvet battens are placed in front to get the two-color effect.

LEDs
We bought an RGBW LED strip from Amazon in 16” rolls that were the perfect length for the inside perimeter of the hexagons. The hourglass shapes needed about 18’ of LED strip. We covered 3 sides in 1 strip – cutting off about a foot, and some from another strip to cover the bottom side. We lit 7 shapes with 8 strips. The adhesive on the strips was not great, so we dabbed some silicon every 3-4” making sure to touch the wood and the top of the strip.. not the diodes. The LED strips had pre-wired male and female ends, so we trimmed off the male end on all the hexagons and used them to wire into the DMX decoders. The DMX decoders were also ordered from Amazon. We liked that they had 3-pin DMX and DMX over ethernet since we have an abundance of ethernet cables, which cut some costs. 12v up to 120w power is supplied individually to each shape so each shape can be moved anywhere on stage.

String Art
On the back of the shapes, we used short screws spaced evenly around the inside perimeter about 1/2” from the edge. Then, we stretched white yarn in different patterns from screw to screw. There was some trial and error.

Materials:

LED strip – BTF-LIGHTING 5050 RGBW RGB+Cool White(6000K-7000K) 4 Colors in 1 LED 5m 16.4ft 60LEDs/m Multi-Colored LED Tape Lights IP65 Silicone Coating Waterproof Black PCB DC12V for Bedroom Home Decoration.

Decoder – Lixada DC 12V-24V 3 Channel DMX Decorder LED Controller for RGB 5050 3528 LED Strip Light

Power supply – ALITOVE AC 100-240V to DC 12V 10A Power Supply Adapter Converter Transformer 12 Volt 10 Amp 120W with 5.5mm x 2.5mm 2.1mm DC Output Jack for 5050 3528 LED Strip Light CCTV Cameras 3D Printer.