Good morning, my husband purchased a Pyrography kit for me for my birthday. He knows I love quilting and other projects and thought this could give me a break from those from time to time. I LOVE IT but am looking for more information. He purchased a book and gave it to me too on learning to burn,...

Just curious what your favourite pen is to do lettering with. I also wonder what is your favourite font to burn?...

This was done a year ago.I recently decided to sell it so I opened up an etsy store. I'm hoping that I will be able to sell this type of work...

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Hi everyone. I live in Vancouver, WA and have been doing pyrography for about 1 year and 6 months now. I started and learned entirely from practice and experimentation. I currently have a Detail Master brand pen and burn mostly on basswood. I also make miniature woodburnings on Poplar as small as less...

Continued from Part 3. A.

Again photos are a great resource for both practice and the final project.

PHOTOS FOR TRANSPOSITION/PATTERNS & LEGAL WAYS TO USE THEM

This brings me to an interesting discussion on the use of photographs as a source for artwork from...

An in depth woodburning tutorial by Erik Brush. Part 3.

Continuing on with our discussion on techniques that we started in part 2 we will look at more ways to get the image to appear as you want it to look in the final product. So first let’s cover some art fundamentals before...

So let’s now delve into techniques for various affects.

First is hair and fur.

As far as making hair and fur (technically speaking) it’s the easiest thing in the world. Using the knife-edge of a universal tip (or it’s wire equivalent) make swift light stroke to the approximate...

An in depth woodburning tutorial by Erik Brush. Part 2.


Okay practice time is over. Your wood is prepped, your machine is ready to go, you’re feeling good, so now what?

The first thing that you will need to do is find a subject to burn. You’re choice is entirely up...

Continued from Part 1. A.

Basswood is often used by woodburning artists and comes in a variety of forms including basswood “rounds” in which a section of tree bark is visible around the cross cut circle/oval from the tree trunk. Basswood also has milled rectangular (block) pieces in...

An in depth woodburning tutorial by Erik Brush. Part 1.


So you want to learn how to woodburn, but you’re not sure where to start? There are a number of books out there and instructional guides and videos that range from fair to laughable. Some of the folks writing books or making...

Hi folks, I'm newer to this site but as far as woodburning I've been around and am pretty well established. I see a lot of familair faces and works here on this site. Very nice. Anyway, it's nice to be here and thank you for having me on Pyrography Online.

My burner is a Walnut Hollow Versatool....