I’ve been wood‑burning for 25 years, longer than most people have known the smell of scorched basswood or watched the glow of a pyrography pen melt into a piece of cherry. I’ve taught workshops, designed patterns, and filled more scrap boards than I can count. And...
If you’ve ever finished a piece and thought, Something feels wrong, but I can’t explain why, this lesson is for you. It’s rarely the burning.It’s usually balance. Symmetry vs balance (they are not the same) Symmetry is mirroring.Balance is visual weight. You can have:...
One of the most common questions I hear from pyrography artists, beginners and seasoned burners alike, is deceptively simple: “What should I burn next?” Sometimes the problem isn’t skill. It isn’t motivation. It’s decision fatigue. You sit down with your wood, your...
If you're a pyrography artist, you've probably been asked at least once: "Do you sell your work?" Maybe you've thought about it. Maybe you tried listing on Etsy or posting your art on Instagram, only to be met with crickets. Or maybe the idea of selling feels...
This is where a lot of people get stuck, not because they lack skill, but because they lack a process. I still catch myself staring at wood thinking, Okay… now what?The difference now is that I don’t panic. I follow steps. Design isn’t inspiration. It’s sequencing....
If you love wood burning but feel stuck when it comes to turning it into actual income, you’re not alone. Skill is rarely the problem. Structure usually is. That’s exactly why the Wood-Burning Biz Club exists. This isn’t a generic “artpreneur” space. It’s a focused,...
This is usually the point where people start saying things like,“I’m not really good at design,” or“I need a pattern because I don’t know what to draw.” I say this as someone who still questions her abilities: design isn’t talent, it’s literacy. And like any language,...
Every Grimm story begins the same way. Someone leaves the familiar and steps into the forest. Not the safe, sunlit kind, but the kind where paths narrow, shadows stretch, and something inside you begins to change. For January inside the Pyrography Academy, Into the...
Committing to a long-term creative pyrography challenge sounds romantic. Lighting the wood burner.Starting fresh every week.Watching your skills magically improve. Reality?It’s messier. Slower. More honest. At the halfway point of 52 Weeks of Fire, I’ve completed 26...
Let me say this out loud first, because I still need to hear it myself sometimes: If you’re wondering whether you’re “bad” at pyrography, you’re probably not.You’re just early. Or tired. Or comparing your middle to someone else’s highlight reel. I question my...
Before I tell you what you can burn over, we need to talk about safety, because mixed media pyrography isn’t just an artistic choice. It’s a health decision. I care about my lungs. I care about the people near me. And I care about not slowly poisoning myself in the...
When I first started wood-burning, I bought a wood-burning pen for $20 buck at our local craft store. It was a basic burner, and you had to wait for it to cool down before you could change out the tip. It did not have a temperature control feature as they exist today....