Great Book of Woodburning by Lora S Irish
Great Book of Woodburning is a comprehensive guide to Pyrography that is perfect for beginners and experts alike. Providing details on the four essential pyrography ingredients - temperature, speed of stroke, texture patterns and layering - this reference also includes chapters on equipment, surface selection and preparation and finishing techniques.Pyrography (or woodburning) is 'the art of burning a design or pattern into a natural surface', such as gourds, wood, leather, or cotton rag watercolour paper 'using heated one-temperature or variable- temperature woodburning tools or a fine flame'.Teaching the way in which the eye comprehends visual tones and translating this knowledge into light and dark values with woodburning tools, this text for all skill levels also provides 30 traceable line patterns that differ in skill and ability.
Lora S. Irish is an internationally recognised artist and author, whose acclaimed books include Big Book of Carving Patterns and Great Book of Tattoo Designs. Together with her husband Michael, she created wwww.carvingpatterns.com, an online studio focusing on web tutorials, projects and patterns created exclusively by Lora for crafters and artisans. It offers more than 1,500 patterns in various subject categories.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781565232877 |
| ISBN 10 | 1565232879 |
| Title | Great Book of Woodburning |
| Author | Lora S Irish |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fox Chapel Publishing |
| Year published | 2006-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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