Welcome to pyrographic artist Bill Callaghan's web site....

Member of the International Association of Pyrographic Artists
                                             

                                 Smoking Wood Pyrography Studio

"House and Pet Portraits are my specialty"

"The Pyrographic Artist creates personalized and unique art on beautiful durable wood"

"Wood burning" and "Poker work" are other names for this craft

What is Pyrography?

    Pyrography, also known as wood burned art, has been with us in one form or another since the inception of fire.  Early civilizations used heated implements to decorate wood or leather items and to record historic events.  From Victorian times until the present, heated metal tools have been used to produce decorative and fine art.  The craft of wood burning produces a warm sepia engraved image on material such as wood, paper and leather.  Unlike pen and ink drawing, the surface of the art has an etched feel which emphasizes the one of kind pictures I create.

    As a detail artist, my technique utilizes line, shading and pointillism to produce the image.  If I decide it is necessary for the overall composition, I will add color using color pencil and occasionally an acrylic tint wash.  I produce most of my art on oval or rectangular wood slabs with bark edges or rectangular plywood panels, which I frame with wood that I consider compliments the picture.  I protect the final image with several coats of sprayed lacquer.  Wood burned art, like all fine art, should not be displayed near heat sources or strong light as fading could occur.

All images © Copyrighted Bill Callaghan 2007

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