I’ve always admired the art of pyrography and the people who can do it. I can’t draw well so didn’t ever think I could do anything like that. Then I watched a YouTube video using a chemical burn pen or a scorch pen. Simply draw on apply heat with a heat gun or an iron etc. And be left with a lovely masterpiece. To be fair they showed their failure too.
In my defence I think there was to much of my stencil to colour in with pen and I oversaturated it possibly. It all started so well.
I used my Cricut to cut out 2 designs to apply to some wood slices so I could colour them in with the pen I bought from Amazon.
So far so good. Then I coloured them in. And removed the vinyl.
Then I used my Cricut mini press and covered with paper abs heated for only 5-10 seconds and that’s when it all went wrong. 
Obviously way to much of the pen. After closer inspection the pen says you don’t need a lot of it. Next I turned the wood over and tested the amount, simple lines and writing, then, applied head again and it worked much better.
Definitely worked better this way. Light handed is the way to go. Will give this another go soon and hopefully will produce better results. Was hoping to make some tree decorations with the wood slices.
Meanwhile I’m off to do something I know will work to boost my confidence up a bit. Tomorrow’s another day.
No comments:
Post a Comment