Learning the Art of Pyrography: Burning Images on Wood, Paper, and Leather, by Al Chapman, first published in 1995 remains popular. He breezes through the Foreword, Introduction, Chapter One: Innovations and Tools, and Chapter Two: Getting Started - in nine quick pages.
Chapter Three: Practicing Patterns and Strokes - gets down to business. Six exercises are presented; Straight Lines, Curves, Circles, Cross Hatching, Flat-Edge Burning, and Stippling.
Chapter Four: Creating Your Own Patterns - devotes six pages about what needs to be considered when designing original works.
Chapter Five: Advanced Techniques - Covers the following: Burning to a Line, Feathers, Hair and Fur, Three-Dimensional Work, Black and White Subjects, Trees and Landscapes, Bricks, and More Helpful Hints.
Chapter Six: Finishing Techniques - Covers the following: Unstained Pieces, Finishing with Stain, Highlighting Stained Pieces, and Adding Color.
Chapter Seven: Project Ideas - Covers the following: Objects for Burning, Leather Burning, Paper Burning, and Gourds.
This content of this book consists of about 75% detailed, captioned pictures, and 25% explanative text. This is a reasonable ratio, because pictures, along descriptive captions, can impart a great deal of needed information that a heavily text based approach would have difficulty matching on this topic.
64 pages. Paperback.
ISBN-13: 978-0-88740-729-1
ISBN-10: 0-88740-729-3
