Little Book of Pyrography

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Lora S. Irish. Little Book of Pyrography

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

What is pyrography?

Introduction

Pyrography Systems

One-Temperature Tools

Variable-Temperature Burners

Pyrography Tips

General Supplies

For sanding:

For cleaning tool tips:

For tracing:

And generally…

BASIC SUPPLY LIST:

Surfaces

Vegetable-Tanned Leather

Soft surface

Dried Gourds

Chipboard

Papier-Mâché

Artist Paper

Cotton Fabric and Canvas

Wood

Features to Consider

Hard Wood or Soft Wood?

Fine Grain or Coarse Grain?

Plain Grain or End Grain?

High Sap Contents or Low Sap Contents?

Light Wood or Dark Wood?

Untreated or Pretreated?

Wood Species

Basswood

Basswood, End Grain

Birch

Birch, Heartwood Grain

White Pine and Sugar Pine

White Pine, Sapwood

Butternut

Practice Board

Using Shading and Texture

Creating Light and Dark Tones

PRACTICE BOARD FOR TWO DIFFERENT TOOLS

Temperature of the Tip

Conducting Burn Tests

MY EXAMPLE SETTINGS FOR BIRCH PLYWOOD ARE:

Burning Time

Layers of Strokes

Type of Tip

ONE-TEMPERATURE TOOL TECHNIQUES

Style of Stroke

Creating texture strokes

Physical, or Actual, Texture

VARIABLE-TEMPERATURE TOOL TECHNIQUES

Creating a Wood Practice Board

Temperature settings

Three Common Fill Patterns

Quick Reference Texture Chart

Tonal Values Practice Board(Uses pattern on see here.)

SUPPLIES:

Exercises for Practice

Light and Dark Exercise One: Temperature of the Tip

Tips for completing the entire pattern:

Light and Dark Exercise Two: Burning Time

Tips for completing the entire pattern:

Light and Dark Exercise Three: Layers of Strokes

Tips for completing the entire pattern:

Light and Dark Exercise Four: Texture Pattern

Tips for completing the entire pattern:

Light and Dark Exercise Five: Putting It All Together

Texture Exercise: Putting Textures Together

Finding Tonal Values: Composition of a Good Woodburning

Understanding Tonal Values

What Exactly Are Tonal Values?

Finding the Tonal Values in a Photo or Drawing

Value #1—Black (darkest value)

Value #2—Dark chocolate (dark value)

Value #3—Milk chocolate (medium-dark value)

Value #4—Coffee with cream (medium value)

Value #5—Tanned leather (light-medium value)

Value #6—Caramel (light value)

Value #7—Linen (palest value)

Value #0—Unburned areas

Transferring the Values

Tonal Value Excercise: The Pocket Watch

Creating a Real Wall Clock

PROJECT

Step-by-Step: The Dragonette

Tonal values for Dragonette

Steps 1-6: Transferring the pattern

Steps 7-10: Shading one side of the body

Steps 11-12: Shading the remaining body

Steps 13-15: Belly-fold shading

Steps 16-18: Belly shading for the remaining side

Steps 19-20: Adding wing shadows to the body

Steps 21-33: Detailing the face

Steps 34-35: Long wing feathers

Step 36: Adding a second layer to the back

Step 37: Outlining the shoulder feathers

Steps 38-41: Burning the shoulder feathers and tail

Steps 42-43: Shading the body of the shield

Steps 44-46: Adding extra layering to the shield

Steps 47-52: Finishing

The finished Dragonette

Dragonette Chessboard

Dragonette Chessboard with Coloring

Dragonette Chessboard Color Chart

Gallery

About the Author

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I wish to extend my deepest thanks to Chris Reggio, Tiffany Hill, Kaitlyn Ocasio, Justin Speers, and David Fisk for their excellent work in creation, development, and refinement of this manuscript. As an author it is a wonderful experience to be working with such a well-skilled team.

Pyrography Systems

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When working on cotton canvas, you will want several sheets of heavy cardboard and long quilter’s straight pins to secure the cloth so that you are working on a tight, nonmoving surface. Canvas stretchers can be purchased at your local art store so that you can secure large pieces of canvas fabric.

Also include white artist erasers in your kit. Please avoid pink erasers, as they can leave pink streaks of color on your work surface that are not easily removed. The white eraser cleans up any leftover tracing lines and any oil or dirt from your hands that builds up during a burning session.

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