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Consider me just straight up envious. This is ridiculous. I've been doing solar pyrography for just over a year now and it amuses me that I had actually done this same picture myself.
Unfortunately, since I haven't mastered the wizardry skills with a magnifying glass to do gradient shading, I've had to rely on just basic pencil shading after the fact.
Just two things on the way out; first, once again, this piece is freaking amazing, and two, how long have you been doing pyrography?Β
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thank you very much for the praise. I think I've been dong this for about 17 years. I'm not familiar with solar pyrography, could you tell me a bit more about it?
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Well now your skill makes a lot more sense. Part of me was hoping that you weren't some 15 year old prodigy or something so I could keep some faith in myself.
Solar pyrography is doing wood burning with a magnifying glass on a sunny day and focusing it like some of us did with ants when we were kids. I'd feel happy to answer any questions you have as I would have some for someone as experienced as you.
You can look at some of the boards I've done to get a feel for the difference between solar pyrography and using a wood burning tool. Shading is definitely a weakness I've been trying to work on.
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My mistake, it was 20 yrs. but that's not important. I'm not sure one can really shade with a magnifying glass, unlesss it's with hatching and two tone. There's also wood stain.
I'm glad to ask any questions of yours too.
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I've heard about staining and considered that, would just need to play around with it and see how much it works with it. I have recently gone and found a much smaller magnifying glass that's about an inch and a half that really helped me get a much finer line to do more detailing with. The only thing I've found with hatching so far is that the parts where the overlays are typically don't burn straight, but start to bleed in to each other and leave Β kind of wonky not quite straight lines.
After seeing your work, however, I decided to go and see just how different wood burning with a tool is compared to solar pyrography. Got to say, your shading was even more impressive after trying it myself. I've only done two so far but I was blown away. The ability to shade kind of trumps any amount of detail I could get with the sun. I suppose for now I'll just keep doing both, but the wood burning tool feels like cheating compared to before.
Is there a specific type of wood that you've used the most? I hear basswood is usually a good place to start. I suppose I'll have more specific questions as I play with the wood burning tool.
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Any wood can work depending on the craft your aiming for. Oak for example is quite hard, makes smooth lines difficult, but is stronger so one could make cabinets with the option for woodburned design. But if your aim is to make wall art, Basswood will one of the best choices; hard enough to carve and hold a smooth surface, free of sap, light and subtle grain for making detailed pictures. Oddly enough planks are easier to shade than than end grain (Basswood ovals), and for some reason Walnut Hollow basswood ovals turn a bit yellowish when you clear coat them.
For making larger art I have most used Birch Vaneered Plywood. A bit harder but still works well. At least half and inch thick.
When it comes to outdoor signs, I turn to Pine. Every now and again you might find a dryer piece of pine, which makes shading easier, but most of the tome I use it for worded signs. And I just shade to black. When you finish you can give your art a good 3 coats of polyurithane and hang it outdoors.
One time I did find a semi hardwood piece 2' x 4' and made the piece known as Summer of 2011. I wish I knew what it was made of though. Additionally, there is a way to splice planks of Basswood together to make a larger canvas.
Like all things, there are methods and reasons to craft something a certain way. If you grow up cleaning your kitchen floor with a toothbrush, you will feel like a cheater switching to a mop, but on the flip side, a toothbrush can get grime between tiles that a Mop can't. I might be able to woodburn faster, but I can't claim to be the original artist or claim to have used solar radiation. A temperature regulator does help with shading if that helps.
I can tell you a bit about why magnifying glasses burn wood so much differently. And that lasers can do burning art far faster, but with much less bragging rights.
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I'd have half a mind to believe this was a photoshop! This is amazing, dude
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thank you very much. Shame I'm not a better photographer. You think I should try a wolf piece?
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A Wolf piece would be good :3
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Thank you very much
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very carefully, and on wood
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You are a hacker of real life. You are way too good that.
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ah. Thank you very much, that has to be the most unique compliment I have ever received.
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Thank you very much.
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Thats crazy man. You should have it up on your wall.
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I don't quite understand, but thank you.
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i cant stop looking at this. It's mesmerizing.
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it's important to recognise the shading is second to none. it really brings it out.
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Thank you very much, I realy wish I hadn't given this piece up.
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Pure epicness man. Pure... Effing... Epicness...
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That you so much, you take the cake for epic praise.
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Thank you very much. I think it was of my better pieces.
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OK, I'll bite. That's pretty freaking awesome.
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Thank you very much, It is one of my more favorite pieces.
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To be honest, I don't see how it was possible. Therefore, you must be pretty skilled.
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Thank you so much, I will try to keep producing the Impossible.
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That's really, really good!! You did that? It's amazing.
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Thank you very much, It is one of my more favorite pieces.
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You did it so well, it's flawless!
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I don't know what to say, your quite flattering.
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Only truthful, it's what I do.
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Thank you very much. This is one of my favorite pieces
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