The Burning Post - September 2024
Hello Pyrographers!
Included in this month’s Burning Post issue:
- Burning tips (adding texture)
- A new product for pyrographers (CANDI Rings)
- Big news on an upcoming competition
(a first for pyrography competition shows) - Cary Store 8th Anniversary
- Klingspor’s Extravaganza
- Upcoming classes
- A free pattern for burning
Fall is finally here!
The days are not as hot and it's starting to feel like burning weather!
Michele Parsons
Education
Hot Point # 4: Pump Up your Texture
Texture can add visual interest to your pyrography, attracting and hopefully retaining the viewer’s eye. Texture on pyrography can either be visual or physical. Visual texture is flat, 2-dimensional burning that is shaded in such a way to look 3-dimensional. Physical texture is achieved by pushing your hot pen into the wood to create an actual, tactile surface.
One of the benefits of pyrography is the ability to make physical texture. The softer the wood, the greater depth of texture can be created. Both pen tips in the Writer and Skew categories* can create beautiful textures. Spoon shaders can also make slight indentations in softwood. Flat shaders can make indentations in softwood when they are tilted to the side or the tip is pushed into the wood.
Note: Wood is used as the example here, but this applies to any pyrography medium.
*See the CANDI System Chart for pen categories.
Visual texture is flat on the surface but looks 3-dimensional.
Physical texture is actually 3-dimensional and can be felt on the surface by running your fingers over it.
Product Highlight
CANDI Rings Are Here!
CANDI Rings are color-coded silicon rings that are placed on your pyrography pens to identify their tip usage category. Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop introduces the CANDI (Category and Identification) System™. Using CANDI Rings, you can readily see your pyrography pen’s category, allowing you to quickly know the usage of your pen (see the chart below).
Simply slide the appropriate color CANDI Ring over the cable end of your Razertip or Colwood fixed-tip pen. For Razertip Heavy-Duty pens, carefully slide the foam grip off the tip end (wear gloves if your tip is sharp), slide the CANDI Ring on the tip end, and then replace the foam grip back on the pen. These rings will also work on other brand pens that are a similar size, such as Optima pens.
CANDI Rings are color-coded silicon rings that are placed on your pens to identify their tip usage category.
These rings are perfect for marking your cords on dual and triple burners.
Starting September 2024, Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop will include the appropriate color-coded CANDI Ring with each pen sold. You can also purchase color-coded CANDI Rings separately to place on your previously purchased pens. Check Klingspor’s online catalog to determine which CANDI Ring color matches your previously purchased pens. Contact Klingspor’s if you need additional help identifying the category.
Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop is also planning to release color-coded storage boxes for your replaceable tips in the near future.
Note: These rings are perfect for marking your cords on dual and triple burners. Place the same color ring on both ends of a cord so that when you pick up the pen, you can easily validate that the pen in your hand is the one you turned on. We recommend that you use different colored rings (available in Assorted pack # RZ90200) rather than the colors used for the CANDI System™. I use orange, white, and green rings on the cords of my Razertip SL3 Triple Burner.
CANDI System™ Chart
News
We Want ALL Pyrographers in the Area
to Enter This Competition!
Join Us in the Historic First Competition to Include Pyrography on Different Mediums.
The Southeastern Pyrography Association (SEPA) is partnering with
the Catawba Valley Wood Carvers’ annual competition at the
Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop Extravaganza this October 26, 2024.
Pyrography categories will include the following
(in 3 Divisions—Novice, Intermediate, Open):
- Wood (painted and unpainted)
- Leather
- Paper
- Gourds
- Miscellaneous (canvas, cork, bone, tagua nuts, artists conk mushrooms, hats, etc.)
SEPA is contributing ribbons for the categories, plus the following cash awards:
- Best of Pyrography Open: $150
- Best of Pyrography Intermediate: $100
- Best of Pyrography Novice: $50
Entrants will also be eligible to win the following show cash awards:
- Best of Show: $500
- Best of Novice: 1st $75, 2nd $50, 3rd $25
- Best of Intermediate: 1st $125, 2nd $100, 3rd $75
- Best of Open: 1st $350, 2nd $250, 3rd $150
Entrants will also be eligible to enter Wood Pyrography in the Show Theme: Sea Life competition for the following awards:
- Best of Open: $75
- Best of Intermediate: $50
- Best of Novice: $25
See our Show Brochure for details.
Any questions, contact SEPA.Pyrography@gmail.com
OR
contact Steve Robertson, Show Chairman, at 828-612-4716 (mobile)
or steve_robertson30@yahoo.com
Cary Store 8th Anniversary
Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop Cary Store had a celebration event on September 14, 2024. There were customers, vendors, demonstrations, sales, door prizes, and a $500 gift card giveaway. Hopefully you were lucky enough to attend the event. Here’s a few people that won some of Michele Parsons’ burnings she created while demonstrating:
Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop Extravaganza 2024
The 24th Annual Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop Extravaganza is going to be packed with everything any woodworking enthusiast will love. Don’t miss the fun, learning opportunities, inspiration, information from the manufacturers, competitions, demonstrations, grand prize giveaway, and… if you are lucky, you can win one of Michele Parsons’ pyrography pieces.
Mark your calendar… Oct 25-26, Hickory, NC. Stop by and talk to Michele about pyrography while she is demonstrating.
Come Burn with Us
The Southeastern Pyrography Association (SEPA) welcomes guests of all levels of experience to attend our meetings. We meet the first Saturday of each month from 2:00-4:00 at the Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop in Hickory, NC.
Our meeting usually consists of a short program, followed by burning the rest of the time. We have burners available if you don’t have one. We have professional guest presenters demonstrate for us each quarter. Dues are $20/year and joining gives you access to our private Facebook group with videos of our programs and a 10% discount on most items at Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop (in-store and online).
If you have any questions, contact us at: SEPA.pyrography@gmail.com
Upcoming Classes
Build Your Skills Faster by Taking an In-Person Class
Instructor: Michele Parsons is a professional pyrography artist and author for Fox Chapel Publishing's Leather Pyrography book (also translated into German), Quick-Start Woodburning Guide, Pyrography and Woodcarving Illustrated magazines, and a contributor to the Big Book of Pyrography Projects book.
She has been teaching pyrography for over 18 years, including venues such as the International Wood-carving Congress, John C. Campbell Folk School, Southeastern Woodcarving School, American Woodcarving School, and various regional clubs
Michele Parsons will be teaching the following "local" classes:
Burn and Sew a Leather Journal
Sunday-Saturday, November 3-9, 2024
John C Campbell Folk School (Brasstown, NC)
Register at www.folkschool.org
This week long class is a combination class of pyrography and leathercrafting to create your own custom journal.
Learn at one of the oldest and best loved Folk School venues in the US. The Folk School will be celebrating their 125th anniversary in 2025!
Intro To Woodburning
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop (Asheville, NC)
Register at Klingspor’s: (828) 687-3940
This class is designed for students that have never
touched a woodburner, as well as students that have
experience and wish to improve their skills.
Burn the World Around You
Sunday-Saturday, January 12-18, 2025
John C Campbell Folk School (Brasstown, NC)
Register at www.folkschool.org
This weeklong class is a pyrography sampler class. You’ll burn on a variety of materials including wood, leather, gourds, canvas, cork, tagua nuts, paper, bone, artist mushrooms, and velvet.
Learn at one of the oldest and best loved Folk School
venues in the US. The Folk School will be celebrating their 125th anniversary in 2025!
Burn and Sew a Leather Tote Bag
Sunday-Saturday, November 3-9, 2024
John C Campbell Folk School (Brasstown, NC)
Register at www.folkschool.org
This weeklong class is a combination class of pyrography and leathercrafting. Create your own personalized large leather tote bag.
Learn at one of the oldest and best loved Folk School
venues in the US. The Folk School will be celebrating their 125th anniversary in 2025!
Free Pattern
Enjoy this FREE original pattern from Michele Parsons of a “Halloween” Spider. You have permission to use this pattern, in part or in full, to burn and use it royalty-free.
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