I want to mount a large, irregular tile shard on my wall. How?

September 7, 2013 2:28 PM

I want to mount a large-ish, irregularly shaped tile shard on my wall. How do I do it without damaging the tile?
posted by sdis to Home & Garden (10 answers total)

Adhesive plate holders should work. I've used them and they hold well and don't hurt the plates.
posted by artychoke at 2:32 PM on September 7, 2013

Response by poster: I like the idea, but I have a feeling that I won't be able to control the tile's orientation on the wall, because it'll rotate around the nail (since it's not symmetrical like a plate)
posted by sdis at 2:44 PM on September 7, 2013

Use two?
posted by amanda at 2:58 PM on September 7, 2013

Response by poster: Amanda: You're right, that should fix that problem...
posted by sdis at 3:06 PM on September 7, 2013

3M Command picture strips. They're like velcro, and you put one on the tile and one on the wall and stick them together.

I have a tile hung above my desk at work like this. i used 2 medium and 2 small and it is not going ANYWHERE. (I also leveled it when I put it up, they are easy to adjust once stuck on).
posted by bibliogrrl at 3:06 PM on September 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

I would use a plate hanger, the kind with a spring.
posted by The corpse in the library at 3:26 PM on September 7, 2013

I made plate hangers once with bendable wire.

That way you could accommodate the unique shape.
posted by TheLibrarian at 3:35 PM on September 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Glue/epoxy a piece of wire to the back and hang on a nail or screw in the wall.
posted by Lescha at 4:10 PM on September 7, 2013

Could you get a picture box frame to put it in?
posted by MayNicholas at 6:31 AM on September 8, 2013

I've re-bent plate hangers to fit, or, use mirror hangers.
posted by theora55 at 7:22 PM on September 8, 2013