Pyrography
Pyrography or pyrography (from the Greek πῦρ (pyr) = fire, γραφική [τέχνη] = the writing / writing [art]) is a traditional folk art for decorating wood (wood fire painting ), leather, leather cardboard, velvet, fabric or cork.
Originally, patterns were burned into the respective material with heated, glowing metal pens. Around 1880 the technique became popular "in artist and amateur circles" and burners were developed for it, such as the so-called Platina burners, which were operated with gasoline or alcohol. Today electrically heated pens and stamps are used. In terms of their structure, they can be compared to soldering irons . The pyrography itself can be reworked in color with brushes.
The Hobbyring company sells its burning pens under the brand name Brenn-Peter , which has become a generic name in wide circles of the creative scene.
Individual evidence
- ^ Laudia, p. 3
- ↑ hobbyring.de website of HOBBYRING Creativ + Freizeit GmbH & Co. KG, accessed on May 9, 2020
- ↑ brennpeter.eu , accessed on May 9, 2020
literature
- Laudien, Minna: Instructions for pyrography on wood, leather and other suitable fabrics , Leipzig 1893.