Turning a photograph of a loved one into a realistic pyrography pattern is easier than you think! Discover the art of portrait burning, and start creating perfect likenesses of your favorite people in wood. Pyrography artist Jo Schwartz reveals her dazzling techniques for turning photographs into custom portraits. She shows how to create beautiful images that resemble old, sepia-colored photos, using smooth shading methods that she has developed over years of burning. You'll learn how to make a custom woodburning pattern from any picture and transfer it onto wood. Jo shows how to render the human face with detail and beauty, with expert tips for burning lifelike skin tones and facial features. She offers easy-to-follow instructions for creating expressive eyes, noses, mouths, ears, skin, and hair for every age and ethnicity. Practice what you've learned with a step-by-step, illustrated project.

• Guide to creating highly realistic pyrography portraits of domestic animals, North American wildlife, African wildlife, and birds. • Skill-building tutorials show how to burn specific features like eyes, noses, fur, etc. • Author’s social media @MinisaPyrography: 13K Facebook followers, 2K Instagram followers. • Woodburning Realistic People sold 2,597 copies with $20,745.97 since its release in June 2017.

This is a crossover title for both woodworking and art subject areas. It is popularly priced, and focused on a popular topic. The author is an internationally renowned pyrographer and winner of numerous prestigious art awards. Her previous pyrography books have been Fox Chapel best-sellers, with sales of Pyrography Workbook over 50,000 copies.

Turn an ordinary piece of wood into a fire-burned masterpiece! If you're a crafter or an artist looking for something new and different, try pyrography. With this type of art, you use a heated instrument to burn images and words into wood. By using techniques from drawing, such as shading and stippling, you can also add depth and embellishments to your creations. It's easy to get started with pyrography--and Creative Woodburning can help you jump into this hot new craft. This book features: • An introduction to pyrography and the tools you need to get started • Expert advice on how to choose the right materials and how to create a safe working environment • 20 projects, including a jewelry box, a cutting board, a wooden egg, a clock, and a gourd birdhouse • More than 180 patterns--from animal and nature designs to borders and geometric and decorative shapes • Techniques for shading, adding color, and sealing your projects The power of your pyrography imagination is just between your fingertips and Creative Woodburning can help you tap into your inspiration. Even if you've never done burning of any kind before, pyrography expert Bee Locke can show you a safe yet fun way to play with fire.

In The Wood Burn Book, Instagram star Rachel Strauss (@woodburncorner) teaches you everything you’ll need to know to master your favorite new hobby: pyrography, or writing with fire. This essential guide opens with a brief background to the art of wood burning, a list of tools and how to use them, basic techniques that can be used over and over again, and even what to burn and how to be safe doing it. You will also find a detailed explanation of the process from start to finish, with patterns and frames, techniques for lettering and adding color, as well as dozens of projects ready for gifting, including picture frames, cutting boards, coasters, cards, wooden spoons, and jewelry. Above all, Strauss has created the book she wished she had when she first discovered pyrography: a simple guide that quickly gets the reader successfully burning. With the right tools and a little time, you'll be able to create meaningful handmade gifts without breaking the bank. Whether it’s to create a family name sign as a housewarming gift for newlyweds, or customize baby blocks for a new little one, wood burning is the versatile hobby that can be used time and time again to create memorable gifts for all of life’s occasions. In addition, wood burning is a practice in mindfulness, requiring patience and focus to awaken the senses and calm the mind. Mastering the art of writing with fire begins with the ability to follow a line. If you can trace, you can burn.

A best-seller! Renowned pyrographer Sue Walters teaches you everything you need to know to create stunning pyrography artwork with three step-by-step projects, original patterns, and an inspiring gallery of work. Includes information on equipment, safety, materials, pattern preparation, techniques and 3 projects; a beginner, an intermediate, and an advanced.

A fresh take on the craft of woodburning focusing on the drawing, lettering, and design elements that when learned will add dimension and composition to any pyrography project.

Fox Chapel is the publisher with the largest number of woodburning titles. Pyrography books have sold steadily over the last decade, and we have recently seen a resurgence of interest from chains like Michaels. This is the perfect starter book for your accounts.

A Contemporary Twist on Woodburning Basics. Award-winning artist and pyrographer Simon Easton guides you through nine woodburning projects, while encouraging you to develop your own style. This beautifully photographed, hands-on instructional guide to the art of pyrography will take you on a journey of skill-building lessons to create attractive projects with this hands-on book. Begin at the basics and finish with stylish, gift-worthy projects!

Discover the creative art of pyrography with 23 favorite projects and patterns from award-winning woodburning artists.