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pyrography

  1. Navajo Rain Cross

    Navajo Rain Cross

    Navajo ceremonial basket design. The symbol is also used to represent Spider Woman, the first Navajo deity. The basket is twelve inches in diameter and the wood is maple. Pyrography and ink were used to create the basket illusion. Donated to SWAT 2019 symposium and selected as an auction item.
  2. What Lies Beneath

    What Lies Beneath

    Bradford Pear bowl with inner undercut rim embellished with abstract pyrography pattern (11” x 5”)
  3. D

    David Brinkerhoff

    Hello. I am new to the forum and am learning about how the forum works. I have been turning for about ten years but have been more active in the past 2-3 years. Most of my turnings are hollow forms and I am interested in combing turning with power carving, pyrography and painting. I have...
  4. Walking Sun

    Walking Sun

    Navajo legend says that a deity carries the sun across the sky on his back and then hangs it on a peg to cool off. After it is no longer glowing he carries it back east during the night. I apologize for the bad iPad picture. Hopefully, I will have a chance to get a better picture before it is...
  5. Navajo Wedding Basket

    Navajo Wedding Basket

    Navajo Wedding Basket illusion is 12⅝ inch diameter maple. The wedding basket is probably the most well known of all the various Native American basket designs. This piece will be part of the SWAT 2-for-1 drawing coming up next month.
  6. Celebration Basket

    Celebration Basket

    Navajo Wedding Basket Illusion, 14½ inches diameter, 2¾ inches high, maple, beaded, burned, and colored in the style of the traditional wedding/celebration baskets. The wood is thin enough that bright light can shine through between the rows of beads. This piece was donated to the Woodturners of...
  7. Lidded Acorn Box: A Real Nut Case "Exposed"

    Lidded Acorn Box: A Real Nut Case "Exposed"

    Another view of acorn box with lid removed. Real acorn is from burr oak and is about the size of a golf ball.
  8. Woven Basket Illusion

    Woven Basket Illusion

    My first basket illusion. This was a practice piece. I learned a lot about what does and doesn't work. Maple wood was beaded and then burned to create the basket weave pattern and colored with Prismacolor markers and a clear acrylic topcoat applied.
  9. Michael Poorman

    Phyrography Machine Opinions

    I wanted to get into hot wire pyrography and away from the soldering iron type units. I built a pyrography controller from a car charger and it worked great! Then the transformer fried:( Of course I was in the middle of a project on a deadline too. Anyways, I'd heard good thing about the...
  10. "Untitled"

    "Untitled"

    From "Symbols of Person, Series 1", this is "Untitled." (Though in my own personal space, I call it, "A Squid Ate my Bowl.") 5 3/4 in. diameter x 1 1/4" height, round-bottomed bowl, made from dyed plywood. Pyrographized. All comments welcome.
  11. "Halo"

    "Halo"

    From "Symbols of Person, Series 1", this is "Halo." 5 3/4 in. diameter, ogee platter, made from dyed plywood. Pyrographized with an image of the moon, gilded with 22k and 24k gold. I've been researching/playing with various surface textures, then gilding them. All...
  12. Lidded Acorn Box: A Real Nut Case

    Lidded Acorn Box: A Real Nut Case

    Re-shot for photographic lighting critique.
  13. Woven Basket Illusion

    Woven Basket Illusion

    Re-shoot for photographic lighting critique. Ugly holder.
  14. Poplar Study 3

    Poplar Study 3

    This vessel was turned twice, carved, branded and buffed with wax. The size is 5" dia x 6" tall.
  15. Poplar Study 2

    Poplar Study 2

    This piece was turned twice, carved, branded and buffed with microcrystalline wax. The size is 5" dia x 6" tall,
  16. Scat!

    Scat!

    Cork Oak, gold leaf, pyrography, acrylic paint 6.75d x 5t Protecting her nest, a mockingbird swoops boldly upon the cat. These feisty birds show up in our neighborhood every summer. I really enjoy their many vocalizations, which often continue through the night. Our cats just watch them and...
  17. Spring in Full Swing

    Spring in Full Swing

    11.375x5.125 Euginia, pyrography and acrylic paints. When the hummingbirds show up in our garden, it is a sure sign that Spring is in full swing. Because I know someone will want to ask The images are created by first laying down all the undertones and texture with pyrography techniques...
  18. Say Cheese!

    Say Cheese!

    Sycamore, pyrography, metal leaf 10.25x 3.375 Cheesecake, quirky like most cats, favored napping in the bathroom sink. A bit different for me, this simple vessel design was selected to allow emphasis to be on the pyrographic image of Cheesecake rather than the bowl.
  19. Elm Hollow Form with Walnut Collar

    Elm Hollow Form with Walnut Collar

    This is about how something done in all the wrong order can still turn out OK. 8" H x 5.5" D. Started with the form, and near the end I had a design opportunity, so I added the walnut collar. Didn't care for how plain the piece was, so I tried some pyrography to improve it. Luckily...
  20. Cremation Urn detail

    Cremation Urn detail

    This shows the ebony Celtic cross I carved for the finial and the Celtic Knot design on the upper band. The same pattern was used on the lower band as well. Photo by Jerry Anthony
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