Pyrography for beginners...

It's important for me to be constantly practicing with my new pyrography pen, so I aim to be producing little pieces on wood to practice and get better the whole way through this project. I want to be able to be good at producing small images, to try and make brooches this way, instead of relying on a laser cutter. I've been watching youtube tutorials on how pyrography works and how to actually do it! See below - along with some little notes.

- Popular in the 17th century, used on furniture.

- Sycammore wood and Birch ply wood... Ideal Grain.

- Carbon paper....to tranfer illustration to the wood.

- Cross Hatching.

- Practice on paper first - low heat.

- Wood burning works in many different ways.

- Adding texture.

- Multi-media type work.