About Us

Pyrography

Pyrography magazine is an annual magazine sold only on newsstands and via mail order. The editorial team passionately searches for and features interesting and creative artists, projects, and techniques. Each issue includes inspiring feature articles and galleries showing artists stretching the art of woodburning, comprehensive step-by-step articles outlining the steps to recreate a woodburning, technique articles to inspire more experienced readers, and reviews of the newest and most useful tools.

Fox Chapel Publishing

Fox Chapel Publishing publishes books, magazines, patterns, and videos for do-it-yourself enthusiasts. We inspire and inform readers who enjoy a variety of crafts and hobbies, including woodworking, jewelry making, scrapbooking, sewing, boating, back-yard farming, wine & beer-making, and much more.

Our greatest joy comes from working with talented craftspeople to make their designs and techniques available for everyone who shares the love of creating things by hand.

We publish four magazines, Woodcarving Illustrated, Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts, Pyrography, and DO Magazine, and more than 200 book and DVD titles. Our imprints include Design Originals and Heliconia Press.

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Meet the Editorial Team

Alan Giagnocavo, Publisher
Alan Giagnocavo is the publisher at Fox Chapel Publishing. The company got its start in 1991 when Alan Giagnocavo relocated to Lancaster County, Pa., from Canada. Alan had worked at a family bookstore for many years, and moved to the United States to start a business of his own.

Kaylee Schofield, Editor
Kaylee Schofield has loved woodworking since a gig at the college scene shop had her building staircases and frog ponds to the croons of her favorite boy band. An English graduate with a background in editing and creative writing, she joined Fox Chapel Publishing in early 2018.

Jon Deck, Art Director
Jon Deck worked in a cabinet-making shop for several years between graphic design careers, and continues to fill his spare time with home-improvement projects and wood working projects. He joined Fox Chapel Publishing in 2002.

Hannah Rachel Carroll, Assistant Editor
Hannah Rachel Carroll grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and now resides in Lancaster, Pa. She has worked for several news publications and creative trade magazines throughout her career. She joined Fox Chapel Publishing in February 2020.

Kelly Umenhofer, Editorial Assistant
Kelly Umenhofer was born and raised in Lancaster, Pa. Her first experience with woodworking was constructing sets and scenery for theatre productions at her high school. She joined Fox Chapel Publishing in March 2021.