pyrography-msg - 5/7/20

Burning designs into wood. Pyrography.

NOTE: See also the files: Pyrography-art, Tool-Making-art, merch-woods-msg, wood-msg, Relief-Carvng-art, chip-carving-msg, Bg-P-Wodwrkng-art.

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To: gleannabhann at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Woodburning pen
Posted by: "M & M Le Compte" mlecompt at bellsouth.net squiregeorgtaylor
Date: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:58 pm ((PDT))

Froggie,

Have you considered a pen type soldering iron??  They have multiple tips 
(flat, pointed etc) which can be replaces as needed and some have a nice 
dial type heat control.  IIRC one of the Axemoore devices was done with 
one back in the 90's.
Georg

On 10/24/2011 8:08 PM, froggie wrote:
<<< For a year Murdac (Jake) and I have been working on woodburning. I 
began with a very cheap pen from walmart. However it is very cheap and 
the tips fall out a lot.

Anyone working with this type of equiptment, please recommend a new 
brand and source so I can begin shopping.

Michelle Peterson
Froggie >>>

To: gleannabhann at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Woodburning pen
Posted by: "Anne Birmingham" eveningstar58a at yahoo.com eveningstar58a
Date: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:20 pm ((PDT))

Froggie. We got a very nice set at Michael's. It can also be used as a soldering iron.  It has several tips and works very nice. Just remember to let the tip cool before trying to change them. Lol. From experience. 

Sorcha

From fb "SCA - Library of Alexandria"

David Hines
November 14 at 2:08 PM
Hello, I'm in need of any sources anyone can point me towards involving pokerwork/Pyrogaphy. If anyone is interested in the subject, my research can be found here: www.burnthistory.com. Feel free to use whatever I've found to further your own research. Thank you ahead of time for any sources you'd like to share or discussion you'd like to have. It is appreciated greatly. 
Yours in Service and Searching,

David of Lochmorrow

Teleri Barod 
How do you know if it's pyrography or kolrosing (incised lines with pigment rubbed in)? I couldn't tell from some of the images - are there other sources? I saw the Nazca cup had an associated analysis.

David Hines 
Teleri Barod I do need to find better photos of the primary sources that I already have. They have lost a bit of clarity but I've cited the source material when available. The main ways you can tell is through examination of the lines. Pyrographic lines in period are generally going to be not all the same thickness as the wood burns differently in different parts of the grain. Also since tools were heated in a fire and used until cool, the lines will show marks where the tools were heated and reapplied continuing the line but leaving a noticeable "blob" where they have started and stopped. Also the coloration of the line will show different hues where the wood grain burnt at different temperatures as the tools cooled or hit different parts of the grain. Whereas with kolrosing the lines are generally more uniform in structure and coloration. However, unless the person is familiar with pokerwork and looks for it, it is easily mistaken. The real fun comes in when you have both pigments and burning in the same piece, like the Trinty college harp and the Queen Mary harp. There's also what is called "over burning " which happens when the tool is too hot and the line is burnt in but the surrounding wood is scorched in the process by the excessive heat.

However when the experts do find evidence of burning they sometimes label it as "Pyro-engraving" so that's another search term to use also.

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