HOME | DD

Description
After a lot of deliberation, and almost a 2-week delay in posting, I have finally come to a peace with posting this.

This is almost half a year old now, and my very first piece in Pyrography. Usually, for first pieces I try something simple and not as profound since I am trying to work a feel for the new medium. However, this was an image I was dying to do and an idea I had to get out of me, and I wanted to do it in pyrography as it seemed just to fit the medium.

I have never had a father in my life. Ever. I have no regrets that I didn’t; my mother was truly there for us in every single which way possible, and I never felt in lacking of something. However, that never put my mind to cease thinking and wondering about all those people out there that DO have fathers. It must be very different then something I have experienced, and honestly, I wouldn’t know where to begin.

I am a storyteller by nature. My lure to visual arts and crafts is a means for myself to express everything that I am and feel, and so naturally I get attached to characters or archetypes that bear meaning, resemblance, intrigue, or some sort of relevance to me. In this image, it pertains to the character, which I drew out.

There have only been 2 “father” characters that I have ever “loved”, and truly believe that they stand as a symbol of what fatherhood, or just plain being HUMAN means (ironically, non of them ARE human… must say something about the role now-a-days eh?): “Mufasa” from “The Lion King”, and “Inunotaishou” (or “Inupapa”, or “Papa-sama” and sometimes even “Touga” as he’s called) from “Inuyasha”.
Sensitive, playful, strong, compassionate, fedelic, protective, and wise (equality is in there as well, however that goes without saying).

The Box I worked on for about 2 days on and off. And even though there are errors on it- “imperfections” if you will- I think it’s spot on. The design symbolizes what I think are the true values and worth of a man, and the beast which resembles a Canid- which is my born guardian- and it’s a pale flesh tone color- almost pink- which is just as a masculine color as any other, even the stereotypical “blue for boys”.
And the imperfections? Well, I think that that too is what being a good human is all about- our ability to err. No one is perfect, no one is capable of understanding it all. And in that is how we (as living creatures) are perfect. We are a balance, NOT an extreme.

The box also features Papa’s 3 swords: On the right Tetsuiga, on the left Tensuiga, and in the middle Souunga.

Boxes like this are open for commission as well. I have an array of boxes and size and can to any style.
A Box like this (measures 8”X6”) with this amount of work (including front and side icons) would be $95. Prices get cheaper as box size gets smaller and/or design is simpler.

Description
After a lot of deliberation, and almost a 2-week delay in posting, I have finally come to a peace with posting this.

This is almost half a year old now, and my very first piece in Pyrography. Usually, for first pieces I try something simple and not as profound since I am trying to work a feel for the new medium. However, this was an image I was dying to do and an idea I had to get out of me, and I wanted to do it in pyrography as it seemed just to fit the medium.

I have never had a father in my life. Ever. I have no regrets that I didn’t; my mother was truly there for us in every single which way possible, and I never felt in lacking of something. However, that never put my mind to cease thinking and wondering about all those people out there that DO have fathers. It must be very different then something I have experienced, and honestly, I wouldn’t know where to begin.

I am a storyteller by nature. My lure to visual arts and crafts is a means for myself to express everything that I am and feel, and so naturally I get attached to characters or archetypes that bear meaning, resemblance, intrigue, or some sort of relevance to me. In this image, it pertains to the character, which I drew out.

There have only been 2 “father” characters that I have ever “loved”, and truly believe that they stand as a symbol of what fatherhood, or just plain being HUMAN means (ironically, non of them ARE human… must say something about the role now-a-days eh?): “Mufasa” from “The Lion King”, and “Inunotaishou” (or “Inupapa”, or “Papa-sama” and sometimes even “Touga” as he’s called) from “Inuyasha”.
Sensitive, playful, strong, compassionate, fedelic, protective, and wise (equality is in there as well, however that goes without saying).

The Box I worked on for about 2 days on and off. And even though there are errors on it- “imperfections” if you will- I think it’s spot on. The design symbolizes what I think are the true values and worth of a man, and the beast which resembles a Canid- which is my born guardian- and it’s a pale flesh tone color- almost pink- which is just as a masculine color as any other, even the stereotypical “blue for boys”.
And the imperfections? Well, I think that that too is what being a good human is all about- our ability to err. No one is perfect, no one is capable of understanding it all. And in that is how we (as living creatures) are perfect. We are a balance, NOT an extreme.

The box also features Papa’s 3 swords: On the right Tetsuiga, on the left Tensuiga, and in the middle Souunga.

Boxes like this are open for commission as well. I have an array of boxes and size and can to any style.
A Box like this (measures 8”X6”) with this amount of work (including front and side icons) would be $95. Prices get cheaper as box size gets smaller and/or design is simpler.