Pyrography gone wild
I burn outlines of fanciful images and abstract designs onto reclaimed wood and then embellish with acrylic paint. Clicking on the first image will initiate a slide show, which will advance automatically after 10 seconds. Or you can click through it at your own pace.
I love your wood burning. Do you follow patterns or is this all freehand and your own imagination? Whatever it is, they look great. I bet you could sell those. I actually like your coasters too.
Thank you so much, Linda! I do everything freehand. Sometimes I draw it in pencil first and then trace with the woodburning tool, but I don’t use patterns or at least haven’t yet. I like making the coasters, too. Those are also my designs — I draw them on the computer, print in reverse and then transfer them to the tile.
I love seeing the incremental growth in the complexity and color of your art. Do you also just paint, or is that too simplistic for you? I would imagine that the entire process of doing the tracing, wood burning and then painting is a lot more fulfilling than painting on canvas, more tactile perhaps? At any rate, I really like it. A lot.
I’m so delighted you like it! I did try one piece where I painted a pallet without burning in the designs first, and I ended up throwing it away. For some reason, this is what I enjoy the most. Wood is an imperfect surface, sometimes the burning isn’t all that smooth, but that appeals to me. Somebody said, oh, you like to color inside the lines. I guess I do.
I will especially miss your art. It’s so unique!