Description
Intro To Burning Class
Saturday, January 31st from 9:30am - 4:30pm
Instructor:Michele Parsons
Class Cost: $135
Class Size 12
This class is designed for students who have never used a woodburner, as well as those with experience who wish to improve their skills. Do not worry if you are not an artist! Michele will teach you how to transfer a pattern and burn it.
Basic information about woodburning is covered, including: safety, wood selection and preparation, equipment selection and care, burning techniques with different types of pens, transferring patterns, correcting mistakes, adding color and finishes, and you’ll use the basic pens to practice woodburning techniques. Then you will burn your first pyrography project.
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Note to interested woodcarvers/woodworkers: This class will teach you woodburning skills that are best to master on a flat surface before you start woodburning round/carved pieces.
For more information call (828) 326-9663
Instructor: Michele Parsons Michele Parsons is a professional pyrography artist and author for Fox Chapel Publishing's Pyrography magazine, Leather Pyrography book, Quick-Start Woodburning Guide, and a contributor to the Big Book of Pyrography Projects. She has been teaching pyrography for over 19 years, including at the International Woodcarving Congress, the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Southeastern Woodcarving School, the American Woodcarving School, and various regional clubs.
Class Cost: $135 paid to Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop (includes materials, handouts, and pattern) 10% Discount to Southeastern Pyrography Assoc (SEPA) members (current or enrolled by class)
Equipment: Wire-Tip Woodburner and Tips.
Loaner equipment is available on a first-come basis (no charge). Call Klingspor's Woodworking Shop (828) 326-9663 to reserve.