Pyrography

What is pyrography

If you research what pyrography is and means…

you’ll find that Pyrography is “… the free handed art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker… The terms means ‘writing with fire’, from the Greek pur (fire) and graphos (writing). It can be practiced using specialized pyrography tools, or using a metal implement heated in a fire, or even sunlight concentrated with a magnifying lens… A large range of tones and shades can be achieved. Varying the type of tip used, the temperature, or the way the iron is applied to the material all create different effects.”

Pyrography is definitely not something I had ever imagined that I would be doing. In fact, it was never even on my radar. I grew up always drawing and I even minored in art in college, doing lots of painting and drawing courses, but pyrography was never something my professors or teachers ever even mentioned!.. Maybe they were just afraid we would all burn down the art building or start branding ourselves in some form of angsty-artist spectacle? I dunno. But I wish they had brought this up, because the second I started practicing, I fell deeply in love (shhhh, don’t tell Jon).