This is one of my newest designs, based on Acoma and Mimbres turtle pottery patterns. At some point I will be using my woodburner to put it on a gourd. Here is a mockup I did in Photoshop to make it look like a sandstone petraglyph: For my Etsy shop I also created a vector … [Read more…]
With my previous design I was sure of what I wanted through each stage of sketching and burning. With this design I wasn’t so sure. I liked the idea of a woven pattern, but wasn’t completely sure how I wanted to execute it. I started by cutting the gourd into a bowl using a coping … [Read more…]
This serpent design is my most recent woodburning project. I did a quick study of anasazi pot designs which gave me enough knowledge to come up with a pattern of my own. My first task was to make sure the edge of the bowl would be level. I didn’t want to have the opening on … [Read more…]
Another holiday project was this picture frame. It looks fairly similar to some others that I’ve done, but I experimented with a few new textures.
The Thanksgiving holiday was a good time to try pyrography on a new surface. My sister in Tennessee had some little spinner gourds sitting around, and I thought they would be perfect for trying out some new designs. She agreed to let me use them, so I soaked and scraped them to get the outer … [Read more…]
For family gifts this Christmas I wanted to decorate picture frames. It’s remarkable how a plain wood surface can be so completely transformed. Primitive abstract designs were what I tried first. Then, looking for something more like I might find on ancient pottery, I started doing geometric patterns. Even the same pattern can look completely … [Read more…]
This is a review of my new Colwood Cub woodburner, and an encouragement for you to give it a good look as you make your own decision about what to buy. As stated in a previous post, I’m new to woodburning. I have years of experience as an artist, but I hadn’t tried woodburning until … [Read more…]
