Wood burned gourds

Wood burning the flowers and butterflies onto your gourd (#3 in series) step by step tutorial using a temperature control wood burner and knife tip pen.

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Ways to improve your gourd pyrography by Jenn Avery

We share our top tips for using a scorch pen marker. This versatile pyrography marker can bring your artwork to life on wood, fabric, leather, and more.

I get it. Must. Try. New. Things. But hold up buttercup. If you use THIS wood for pyrography, you might be sorry.

The creation of decorative and utilitarian objects from dried mate gourds have a history that stretches to long before the Spanish arrived in South America. Peruvian artisan Daniel Vargas uses wood burning techniques to create this image of an approaching elephant in shades of brown. He then seals it with candle wax and adds a wood handle to open the hollow gourd box. The natural shape of the gourd dictates size and shape, so each one will be a unique work of art.

Figuring out the design and layout on your gourd can be one of the most challenging aspects of the whole creation process. Read these tips to make it easier

This is the first in a series of step-by-step tutorials on creating a beautiful piece of gourd art. See and read here on how to make your own art.

How to clean the residue, pencil lines, graphite lines, sticky tape and glue off your gourd after wood burning your design.