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Author: gnarledwolf, Contributing Editor
| Pyrography
I'm not here to give lessons on the history of pyrography; there are numerous books out there that cover this topic. I just like to boil it down to it's most basic... drawing with fire. |
 | This is "The Accountant". It is pyrography on poplar wood. The whole idea was to create a project that might be of interest for an accountant to have on a plaque to show his prospective clients he is not all boring and stodgy and is a good ice breaker. I purposely left room on the left hand side to add a name or simply the title "Accountant".
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| This is my wood burner. I've been asked by several people what I use for burning my images. I began with the standard $14 soldering iron type woodburner back when I first started. However this was too slow when it came to heating up and for changing tips it took forever to cool down.
I've never been known for my patience, so I wanted something fast in both respects. I found online the Pyrography machine pictured above. This is the RAZORTIP SS D-10. It cost me roughly $160 and another $20 each for the tips. The Razortip comes with a large number of tips for everything from writing a fine script to covering fairly large areas with an even burn. I use the three pictured above... The basic burn tip; it is razor sharp and great for both outlining and shading. The small spoon and the large spoon are for shading areas from dark to light, depending on preference for the piece you are working on and the size of the area you are working in. |
| We begin as you would any project when using media that cannot be removed. We come up with an initial idea for a sketch of the project, then scrounge around for ideas to enhance and improve and change until we have the idea looking perfect. Then we most likely go back and use our inital sketch instead. On completion of this arduous task, we prepare our Poplar (in this case) wood with sandpaper to a proper consistency, then use our graphite to transfer the image to the wood as I've tried to show. |  |
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