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Use a saltine cracker box as the basis for a birdhouse

Saltine Cracker Box Bird House Pattern

On the PyrographyOnline Message Board, Lora S. Irish has posted a tutorial on how to create a birdhouse around a saltine cracker bix. The idea behind this design is to create an easy to make side hole bird house out of a media that I can pyro burn. So I […]

by March 17, 2011 0 comments Patterns
Wild Rose Corner demonstrates that a wide range of values can be created just by learning to control how much time you use to make an individual burned stroke.

Creating Tonal Values

Before you start your first full project, it’s helpful to get a feel for your woodburning tool and to practice creating light and dark areas as well as various textures. You can practice these patterns on scraps of wood. If you prefer to keep all of your exercises in one […]

by January 4, 2011 0 comments Patterns
Steampunk Photo Frame Patterns

Steampunk Photo Frame Patterns

This pattern is designed to go with the tutorial on the Pyrography Online message board at this link: Steampunk Photo Frame For more information on burning on chip board, see the article in Pyrography. Attachments: Steampunk Photo Frame Patterns

by November 22, 2010 0 comments Patterns
Winter Birdhouse Woodburning Tutorial – First Steps

Winter Birdhouse Woodburning Tutorial – First Steps

Editor’s Note: This tutorial was originally posted on the Woodcarving Illustrated message board. We have adapted it for display here however this was first created as posts to the WCI message board.  The COMPLETE tutorial has been added to the PyrographyOnline.com message board. I thought that I would do a […]

by November 4, 2010 0 comments Features
Dimensional Woodburning

Dimensional Woodburning

The human eye gathers information about an object or scene in two separate ways—the amount of light that strikes an object and the color of the object. Once the eye has determined both the light value and color value of an object, the information is merged to create the image […]

by September 27, 2010 0 comments Patterns
Wood Burning Tips and Tricks

Wood Burning Tips and Tricks

The speed of your stroke determines the darkness of your burned line. The burner tip should just caress the surface of your wood. A smooth, flowing stroke will create a light to medium burn. A slow stroke will create a darker burn. Keep the tip of your woodburner as clean […]

by August 9, 2010 0 comments Tools & Tips