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The Lab Puppies Tongue Drum was a project my husband and I did together as a gift for our nephew’s daughter, Taylor Rae. As usual my husband built the drum and I did the pyrography art on it. Our nephew is one of those very musically inclined individuals and we wanted to help further develop … Continue reading The Lab Puppies drum pyrography wood burning
I love owls. They are probably my favorite type of bird. We were at the High Desert Museum in Oregon a few years back and discovered this stunningly beautiful barn owl there. We took many pictures of him, or her. Fast forward to the present and I was searching through pictures trying to find … Continue reading The Barn Owl Pyrography wood burning
As promised, here’s my blog on why I HATE wood burning on oak. Oak is a beautiful wood and gorgeous furniture can be made out of it, but it is horrible for fine art pyrography. The reason is because of its grain pattern; beautifully striking for furniture and exceptionally challenging for fine art pyrography. My … Continue reading Why I hate wood burning on oak wood burning
You might have noticed that there was a big date gap between my last blog project finish date (the heart box) and this one. Another thing you might have noticed is I'm writing these blogs about projects done almost a year ago. When I took up pyrography I never thought I'd be creating a … Continue reading Paige’s Cat Drum wood burning
After working on a couple of birds I wanted to move on from feathers and try my hand at fur. I love chipmunks because they are so cute. When we use to go backpacking it always amazed me at how those little fellows would get very close to camp and help themselves to any … Continue reading The Chipmunk Pyrography Art wood burning
My father-in-law loves to hunt, so for his Christmas present I decided to wood burn a pheasant. Yes, another practice piece slash gift. Pheasant's are a pretty bird with wonderful coloring and I thought it would be fun to try to interpret that into a black and white image. Material used: Bass Wood store-bought … Continue reading The Pheasant Pyrography Art wood burning
My brother-in-law loves bald eagles and years ago had asked me to draw him one. Since I needed pyrography practice, and was looking for possible Christmas presents, the bald eagle became the perfect subject. Material used: Bass Wood Size: 8 x 17 Time: 20 ½ hours This particular subject presented technical problems before I even … Continue reading The Bald Eagle Pyrography Art wood burning