The art & craft of pyrography
Subtitle: drawing with fire on leather, gourds, cloth, paper, and wood
By: Lora S Irish
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: East Petersburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781565234789
Subjects: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General; Pyrography
Other titles: Art and craft of pyrography
Description: " Although it is often referred to as woodburning, the art of pyrography can be worked on just about any natural surface, including gourds, leather, or cotton rag paper. Now Lora Irish, the author of the bestselling Great Book of Woodburning, offers thirty-five amazingly detailed new projects that explore the craft of pyrography across the full range of inventive pyro media. Inside her new book, readers will learn the basics of pyrography systems, tools, supplies and practice boards. Differences between the various substrates are examined and discussed, including both wood and non-wood working surfaces. Irish provides expert advice on temperature settings, fill patterns, hand positions, textures, stroke patterns and more. Chapters are included on creating tonal values, understanding shadows, adding color to your burnings, and finishing the work. Thirty-five new patterns illustrate the application of fine pyrography across a wide variety of imaginative media, including vegetable tanned leather, dried gourds, cotton fabric, artist paper, chipboard and papier-mache. Irish is known for her amazingly detailed patterns that positively exude expression, and this book does not disappoint. Each fascinating project includes complete instructions plus photographs of both the finished piece and the work-in-progress across pale, medium, dark and detailed stages"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part One - Basic Supplies; title: wood burning systems; title: one temperature tools; title: variable temperature tools; title: wood burning tips; title: general supplies; title: sanding supplies; title: tool tip cleaning; title: tracing supplies; title: Part Two - Practice Boards; title: practice board; title: creating a practice board; title: testing your temperature settings; title: simple fill patterns; title: hand positions; title: tool tips; title: common textures and stroke patterns; title: Part Three - Projects; title: 35 projects and patterns; title: Wood:; title: Bengal Tiger Practice Board; title: Christmas Lamb; title: Eagle Box; title: Steam punk Dragonfly step-by-step; title: Vegetable Tanned Leather:; title: Horse Practice Board; title: American Indian Drum Gourd; title: Duck Farm; title: Blue Jay Mill; title: Steam punk Key Fob; title: Olson's Dairy Truck; title: Griffin Artist Notebook; title: Lee & Longstreet step-by-step; title: Dried Gourds:; title: Southwest Bird House Practice Board; title: American Indian Rattle; title: African Bead Rattle; title: Gourd Bird House step-by-step; title: Posies Cache Pot; title: Pine Cone Feeder; title: Whimsical Farm Scene; title: Cotton Fabric:; title: Five Veggie Bags Practice Board; title: Pixie Make-Up Bag; title: Vampire T-Shirt step-by-step; title: Artist Paper:; title: Paper Dragon Practice; title: Home Sweet Home step-by-step; title: Chipboard:; title: Three Santas Practice Board; title: Steam punk Clock Frame step-by-step; title: Daylily; title: Papier-mache:; title: Grocery Bag Practice; title: Sunflower Yarn Box.