Dec
16
Wood burning...this could get addictive
Last Saturday my mom, her friend Sydney, and I had a little Christmas craft party to create gift tags and experiment with wood burning, which was new to me.
My mom has been playing with wood burning for a little while. I can now see how it could become addictive. It took a some time to understand the right amount of pressure, but then I was hooked. And, it was interesting to see which woods were easy/difficult to burn.
After burning the outline of our images we used a watercolor pencils to enhance our blocks. These are a few of my more successful burning experiments.
We also used laminate sample chips to make gift tags. (NOTE: My parents are in the cabinet industry, so they have thousands of these chips).
My mom has been playing with wood burning for a little while. I can now see how it could become addictive. It took a some time to understand the right amount of pressure, but then I was hooked. And, it was interesting to see which woods were easy/difficult to burn.
After burning the outline of our images we used a watercolor pencils to enhance our blocks. These are a few of my more successful burning experiments.
We also used laminate sample chips to make gift tags. (NOTE: My parents are in the cabinet industry, so they have thousands of these chips).
